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CVE-2026-31399

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CVSS
4.7 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.12%
Risk score
0.9
Published
2026-04-03
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm/bus: Fix potential use after free in asynchronous initialization Dingisoul with KASAN reports a use after free if device_add() fails in nd_async_device_register(). Commit b6eae0f61db2 ("libnvdimm: Hold reference on parent while scheduling async init") correctly added a reference on the parent device to be held until asynchronous initialization was complete. However, if device_add() results in an allocation failure the ref count of the device drops to 0 prior to the parent pointer being accessed. Thus resulting in use after free. The bug bot AI correctly identified the fix. Save a reference to the parent pointer to be used to drop the parent reference regardless of the outcome of device_add(). A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's nvdimm/bus component. During asynchronous device initialization, if the device_add() function fails in nd_async_device_register(), a use-after-free vulnerability can occur. This happens because the device's reference count drops to zero before the parent pointer is accessed, leading to memory corruption. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause system instability or execute arbitrary code.

Weaknesses

CWE-911

Coverage 5

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