ghsa-24rq-hg3c-whf7
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail
Similar to previous commit 2a934fdb01db ("media: v4l2-dev: fix error handling in __video_register_device()"), the release hook should be set before device_register(). Otherwise, when device_register() return error and put_device() try to callback the release function, the below warning may happen.
------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4760 at drivers/base/core.c:2567 device_release+0x1bd/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2567 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4760 Comm: syz.4.914 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc3+ #1 NONE RIP: 0010:device_release+0x1bd/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2567 Call Trace: kobject_cleanup+0x136/0x410 lib/kobject.c:689 kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0xe9/0x130 lib/kobject.c:737 put_device+0x24/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3797 pps_register_cdev+0x2da/0x370 drivers/pps/pps.c:402 pps_register_source+0x2f6/0x480 drivers/pps/kapi.c:108 pps_tty_open+0x190/0x310 drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c:57 tty_ldisc_open+0xa7/0x120 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:432 tty_set_ldisc+0x333/0x780 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:563 tiocsetd drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2429 [inline] tty_ioctl+0x5d1/0x1700 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2728 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:584 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:584 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Before commit c79a39dc8d06 ("pps: Fix a use-after-free"), pps_register_cdev() call device_create() to create pps->dev, which will init dev->release to device_create_release(). Now the comment is outdated, just remove it.
Thanks for the reminder from Calvin Owens, 'kfree_pps' should be removed in pps_register_source() to avoid a double free in the failure case.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-40070"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-28T12:15:41Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail\n\nSimilar to previous commit 2a934fdb01db (\"media: v4l2-dev: fix error\nhandling in __video_register_device()\"), the release hook should be set\nbefore device_register(). Otherwise, when device_register() return error\nand put_device() try to callback the release function, the below warning\nmay happen.\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4760 at drivers/base/core.c:2567 device_release+0x1bd/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2567\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4760 Comm: syz.4.914 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc3+ #1 NONE\n RIP: 0010:device_release+0x1bd/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2567\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n kobject_cleanup+0x136/0x410 lib/kobject.c:689\n kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]\n kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]\n kobject_put+0xe9/0x130 lib/kobject.c:737\n put_device+0x24/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3797\n pps_register_cdev+0x2da/0x370 drivers/pps/pps.c:402\n pps_register_source+0x2f6/0x480 drivers/pps/kapi.c:108\n pps_tty_open+0x190/0x310 drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c:57\n tty_ldisc_open+0xa7/0x120 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:432\n tty_set_ldisc+0x333/0x780 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:563\n tiocsetd drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2429 [inline]\n tty_ioctl+0x5d1/0x1700 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2728\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:584 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:584\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nBefore commit c79a39dc8d06 (\"pps: Fix a use-after-free\"),\npps_register_cdev() call device_create() to create pps-\u003edev, which will\ninit dev-\u003erelease to device_create_release(). Now the comment is outdated,\njust remove it.\n\nThanks for the reminder from Calvin Owens, \u0027kfree_pps\u0027 should be removed\nin pps_register_source() to avoid a double free in the failure case.",
"id": "GHSA-24rq-hg3c-whf7",
"modified": "2025-10-29T15:31:54Z",
"published": "2025-10-28T12:30:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40070"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f97564a1fb62f34b3b498e2f12caffbe99c004a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/125527db41805693208ee1aacd7f3ffe6a3a489c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a194707ca27a3b0523023fa8b446e5ec922dc51"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c7bb10aae5118dd48fa7a82f7bf93839bcc320"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cbd7450a22c5ee4842fc4175ad06c0c82ea53a8"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0531cdba5029f897da5156815e3bdafe1e9b88d"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf71834a0cfc394c72d62fd6dbb470ee13cf8f5e"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f01fa3588e0b3cb1540f56d2c6bd99e5b3810234"
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],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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