CVE-2025-40001 json
scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue
published 2025-10-18 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2025-34988
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue
During the detaching of Marvell's SAS/SATA controller, the original code calls cancel_delayed_work() in mvs_free() to cancel the delayed work item mwq->work_q. However, if mwq->work_q is already running, the cancel_delayed_work() may fail to cancel it. This can lead to use-after-free scenarios where mvs_free() frees the mvs_info while mvs_work_queue() is still executing and attempts to access the already-freed mvs_info.
A typical race condition is illustrated below:
CPU 0 (remove) | CPU 1 (delayed work callback) mvs_pci_remove() | mvs_free() | mvs_work_queue() cancel_delayed_work() | kfree(mvi) | | mvi-> // UAF
Replace cancel_delayed_work() with cancel_delayed_work_sync() to ensure that the delayed work item is properly canceled and any executing delayed work item completes before the mvs_info is deallocated.
This bug was found by static analysis.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.4.301, 5.10.246, 5.15.195, 6.1.157, 6.6.113, 6.12.54, 6.17.4, 6.18
- linux Debian 12 6.1.158-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.57-1
- linux Debian 14 6.17.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40001
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-170.180
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-106.106
- linux Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-14.14
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1100.107
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1050.53
- linux-aws Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1100.109
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1052.55
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40001
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1.21.15
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20473-1SUSE-SU-2026:20496-1SUSE-SU-2026:20039-1SUSE-SU-2026:20059-1SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1SUSE-SU-2025:4517-1
- kernel-source-longterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.18.16-1.1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15671-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6f68f219d4d4b92d7c781708d4afc4cc42961ec commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aacd1777d4a795c387a20b9ca776e2c1225d05d7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ba7e73cafd155a5d3abf560d315f0bab2b9d89f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2c35cb2a31844f84f21ab364b38b4309d756d42 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c90f583d679c81a5a607a6ae0051251b6dee35b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/00d3af40b158ebf7c7db2b3bbb1598a54bf28127 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/feb946d2fc9dc754bf3d594d42cd228860ff8647 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/60cd16a3b7439ccb699d0bf533799eeb894fd217 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-40001 updated cvss 4.4
kernel: scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 moreaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a6f68f219d4d4b92d7c781708d4afc4cc42961ec
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/aacd1777d4a795c387a20b9ca776e2c1225d05d7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6ba7e73cafd155a5d3abf560d315f0bab2b9d89f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c2c35cb2a31844f84f21ab364b38b4309d756d42
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3c90f583d679c81a5a607a6ae0051251b6dee35b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/00d3af40b158ebf7c7db2b3bbb1598a54bf28127
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/feb946d2fc9dc754bf3d594d42cd228860ff8647
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/60cd16a3b7439ccb699d0bf533799eeb894fd217
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-40001
- NVD CVE-2025-40001
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