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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2025-40091",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40091",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-10-30T09:47:59.253Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T21:42:20.367Z",
    "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"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "ixgbe: fix too early devlink_free() in ixgbe_remove()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nixgbe: fix too early devlink_free() in ixgbe_remove()\n\nSince ixgbe_adapter is embedded in devlink, calling devlink_free()\nprematurely in the ixgbe_remove() path can lead to UAF. Move devlink_free()\nto the end.\n\nKASAN report:\n\n BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability+0x140/0x180 [ixgbe]\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff0000adf813e0 by task bash/2095\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2095 Comm: bash Tainted: G S  6.17.0-rc2-tnguy.net-queue+ #1 PREEMPT(full)\n [...]\n Call trace:\n  show_stack+0x30/0x90 (C)\n  dump_stack_lvl+0x9c/0xd0\n  print_address_description.constprop.0+0x90/0x310\n  print_report+0x104/0x1f0\n  kasan_report+0x88/0x180\n  __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x30\n  ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability+0x140/0x180 [ixgbe]\n  ixgbe_clear_interrupt_scheme+0xf8/0x130 [ixgbe]\n  ixgbe_remove+0x2d0/0x8c0 [ixgbe]\n  pci_device_remove+0xa0/0x220\n  device_remove+0xb8/0x170\n  device_release_driver_internal+0x318/0x490\n  device_driver_detach+0x40/0x68\n  unbind_store+0xec/0x118\n  drv_attr_store+0x64/0xb8\n  sysfs_kf_write+0xcc/0x138\n  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x294/0x440\n  new_sync_write+0x1fc/0x588\n  vfs_write+0x480/0x6a0\n  ksys_write+0xf0/0x1e0\n  __arm64_sys_write+0x70/0xc0\n  invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xcc/0x280\n  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x248\n  do_el0_svc+0x44/0x68\n  el0_svc+0x54/0x160\n  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8\n  el0t_64_sync+0x1b0/0x1b8",
      "affected": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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              "version": "a0285236ab93fdfdd1008afaa04561d142d6c276",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "git",
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            },
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              "version": "a0285236ab93fdfdd1008afaa04561d142d6c276",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "git",
              "lessThan": "5feef67b646d8f5064bac288e22204ffba2b9a4a"
            }
          ]
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        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "6.16",
              "status": "affected"
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            {
              "version": "0",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThan": "6.16"
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            {
              "version": "6.17.5",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
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