Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2025· Updated Jan 8, 2026
hsr: hold rcu and dev lock for hsr_get_port_ndev
CVE-2025-39872
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hsr: hold rcu and dev lock for hsr_get_port_ndev
hsr_get_port_ndev calls hsr_for_each_port, which need to hold rcu lock. On the other hand, before return the port device, we need to hold the device reference to avoid UaF in the caller function.
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