MediumFix available
usb: typec: ucsi: Fix NULL pointer access
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Fix NULL pointer access Resources should be released only after all threads that utilize them have been destroyed. This commit ensures that resources are not released prematurely by waiting for the associated workqueue to complete before deallocating them.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.133, 6.12.19, 6.13.7, 6.6.83
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-21918
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Fix NULL pointer access Resources should be released only after all threads that utilize them have been destroyed. This commit ensures that resources are not released prematurely by waiting for the associated workqueue to complete before deallocating them.
osv:CVE-2025-21918
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.133, 6.6.83, 6.12.19, 6.13.7
Complete source record
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