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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-39993" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-10-15T07:58:18.621Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:06:58.054Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39993" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39993.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39993" title: "media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect()\n\nSyzbot reports a KASAN issue as below:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __create_pipe include/linux/usb.h:1945 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in send_packet+0xa2d/0xbc0 drivers/media/rc/imon.c:627\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff8880256fb000 by task syz-executor314/4465\n\nCPU: 2 PID: 4465 Comm: syz-executor314 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\ndump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106\nprint_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline]\nprint_report.cold+0x2ba/0x6e9 mm/kasan/report.c:433\nkasan_report+0xb1/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:495\n__create_pipe include/linux/usb.h:1945 [inline]\nsend_packet+0xa2d/0xbc0 drivers/media/rc/imon.c:627\nvfd_write+0x2d9/0x550 drivers/media/rc/imon.c:991\nvfs_write+0x2d7/0xdd0 fs/read_write.c:576\nksys_write+0x127/0x250 fs/read_write.c:631\ndo_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\ndo_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nThe iMON driver improperly releases the usb_device reference in\nimon_disconnect without coordinating with active users of the\ndevice.\n\nSpecifically, the fields usbdev_intf0 and usbdev_intf1 are not\nprotected by the users counter (ictx-\u003eusers). During probe,\nimon_init_intf0 or imon_init_intf1 increments the usb_device\nreference count depending on the interface. However, during\ndisconnect, usb_put_dev is called unconditionally, regardless of\nactual usage.\n\nAs a result, if vfd_write or other operations are still in\nprogress after disconnect, this can lead to a use-after-free of\nthe usb_device pointer.\n\nThread 1 vfd_write Thread 2 imon_disconnect\n ...\n if\n usb_put_dev(ictx-\u003eusbdev_intf0)\n else\n usb_put_dev(ictx-\u003eusbdev_intf1)\n...\nwhile\n send_packet\n if\n pipe = usb_sndintpipe(\n ictx-\u003eusbdev_intf0) UAF\n else\n pipe = usb_sndctrlpipe(\n ictx-\u003eusbdev_intf0, 0) UAF\n\nGuard access to usbdev_intf0 and usbdev_intf1 after disconnect by\nchecking ictx-\u003edisconnected in all writer paths. Add early return\nwith -ENODEV in send_packet(), vfd_write(), lcd_write() and\ndisplay_open() if the device is no longer present.\n\nSet and read ictx-\u003edisconnected under ictx-\u003elock to ensure memory\nsynchronization. Acquire the lock in imon_disconnect() before setting\nthe flag to synchronize with any ongoing operations.\n\nEnsure writers exit early and safely after disconnect before the USB\ncore proceeds with cleanup.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9348976003e39754af344949579e824a0a210fc4"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b03fac6e2a38331faf8510b480becfa90cea1c9f"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"71c52b073922d05e79e6de7fc7f5f38f927929a4"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"71096a6161a25e84acddb89a9d77f138502d26ab"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"71da40648741d15b302700b68973fe8b382aef3c"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fd5d3e6b149ec8cce045d86a2b5e3664d6b32ba5"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d9f6ce99624a41c3bcb29a8d7d79b800665229dd"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2e7fd93b9cc565b839bc55a6662475718963e156"},{"version":"21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fa0f61cc1d828178aa921475a9b786e7fbb65ccb"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.35","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.35"},{"version":"5.4.301","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.246","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.195","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.156","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.110","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.51","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.16.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*"},{"version":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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