CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-71073
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: lkkbd - disable pending work before freeing device
lkkbd_interrupt() schedules lk->tq via schedule_work(), and the work
handler lkkbd_reinit() dereferences the lkkbd structure and its
serio/input_dev fields.
lkkbd_disconnect() and error paths in lkkbd_connect() free the lkkbd
structure without preventing the reinit work from being queued again
until serio_close() returns. This can allow the work handler to run
after the structure has been freed, leading to a potential use-after-free.
Use disable_work_sync() instead of cancel_work_sync() to ensure the
reinit work cannot be re-queued, and call it both in lkkbd_disconnect()
and in lkkbd_connect() error paths after serio_open().
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.12.1 < 6.12.64)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.3)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12
• linux linux kernel 6.19
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a7cd1397c209076c371d53bf39a55c138f62342 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf889d45bbc8477206dda78c8f757ea8ff68213 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cffc4e29b1e2d44ab094cf142d7c461ff09b9104 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e58c88f0cb2d8ed89de78f6f17409d29cfab6c5c Patch