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CVE-2019-25162
i2c: Fix a potential use after free
High7.8EPSS 0.38%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
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]
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < 23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < 871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < 81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < 35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < 12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d
- affected 611e12ea0f121a31d9e9c4ce2a18a77abc2f28d6 – < e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf
- affected 4.3
- unaffected < 4.3
- unaffected 4.14.291 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.256 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.211 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.137 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.61 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.18.18 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19.2 – ≤ 5.19.*
- unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6412ba3b6508bdf9c074d310bf4144afa6aec1a (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a191b132cd87f746c62f3dc27da33683d85829 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871a1e94929a27bf6e2cd99523865c840bbc2d87 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cb31756888bb062e92d2dca21cd629d77a46a9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35927d7509ab9bf41896b7e44f639504eae08af7 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e1a046cf87c8b1363e5de835114f2779e2aaf4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b0606000d0828630c033bf0c74c748464fe87d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c72c06c367758a14f227c847f9d623f1994ecf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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