kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in xc5000 tuner driver due to race condition

A use-after-free flaw was identified in the Linux kernel’s media tuner xc5000 driver. In the vulnerable code path, xc5000release calls canceldelayedwork to cancel a pending delayed work item timersleep without guaranteeing that the work handler has fully completed. Under a race condition, the...

kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in xc5000 tuner driver due to race condition

A use-after-free flaw was identified in the Linux kernel’s media tuner xc5000 driver. In the vulnerable code path, xc5000release calls canceldelayedwork to cancel a pending delayed work item timersleep without guaranteeing that the work handler has fully completed. Under a race condition, the...

ROS-20260924-73-0071

The vulnerability of the xc5000release function in the drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c module of the Linux kernel’s multimedia device driver relates to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, a...

CVE-2025-39994: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: tuner: xc5000: Fix use-after-free in xc5000release The original code uses canceldelayedwork in xc5000release, which does not guarantee that the delayed work item timersleep has fully completed if it was already running. Th...