HighFix available
drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work [Why] A slab-use-after-free is reported when HDCP is destroyed but the property_validate_dwork queue is still running. [How] Cancel the delayed work when destroying workqueue. (cherry picked from commit 725a04ba5a95e89c89633d4322430cfbca7ce128)
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.132, 6.12.20, 6.13.8, 6.6.84
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-21968
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 03:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 Apr 2025, 15:47 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work [Why] A slab-use-after-free is reported when HDCP is destroyed but the property_validate_dwork queue is still running. [How] Cancel the delayed work when destroying workqueue. (cherry picked from commit 725a04ba5a95e89c89633d4322430cfbca7ce128)
osv:CVE-2025-21968
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.132, 6.6.84, 6.12.20, 6.13.8
Complete source record
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