CVE-2019-25162
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
31.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-416
Published 2024-02-26 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-02-26 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: Fix a potential use after free Free the adap structure only after we are done using it. This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid the use after free. [wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4