CVE-2025-40111
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-12
Last updated on: 2025-11-12
Assigner: kernel.org
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| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
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| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a use-after-free issue in the Linux kernel's drm/vmwgfx component. It occurs because nodes stored in a validation duplicates hashtable come from an arena allocator that is cleared at the end of a process, but one node escaped being cleared due to its resource being destroyed prematurely. This leads to accessing memory that has already been freed.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to use-after-free conditions, which may cause system instability, crashes, or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges by exploiting the freed memory access.