CVE-2025-39871

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Remove improper idxd_free The call to idxd_free() introduces a duplicate put_device() leading to a reference count underflow: refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 4428 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xbe/0x110 ... Call Trace: <TASK> idxd_remove+0xe4/0x120 [idxd] pci_device_remove+0x3f/0xb0 device_release_driver_internal+0x197/0x200 driver_detach+0x48/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x74/0xf0 pci_unregister_driver+0x2e/0xb0 idxd_exit_module+0x34/0x7a0 [idxd] __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x183/0x280 do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd70 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The idxd_unregister_devices() which is invoked at the very beginning of idxd_remove(), already takes care of the necessary put_device() through the following call path: idxd_unregister_devices() -> device_unregister() -> put_device() In addition, when CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled, put_device() may trigger asynchronous cleanup via schedule_delayed_work(). If idxd_free() is called immediately after, it can result in a use-after-free. Remove the improper idxd_free() to avoid both the refcount underflow and potential memory corruption during module unload.

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Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-39871.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e95ee7f532b21206fe3f1c4054002b0d21e3b9c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24414bbcb37e1af95190af36c21ae51d497e1a9e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da4fbc1488a4cec6748da685181ee4449a878dac
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7a7e43269711d757fc260b0bbdf7138f75de11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41c538881eec4dcf5961a242097d447f848cda6
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025092300-CVE-2025-39871-3abe@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39871
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39871