CVE-2025-39721

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - flush misc workqueue during device shutdown Repeated loading and unloading of a device specific QAT driver, for example qat_4xxx, in a tight loop can lead to a crash due to a use-after-free scenario. This occurs when a power management (PM) interrupt triggers just before the device-specific driver (e.g., qat_4xxx.ko) is unloaded, while the core driver (intel_qat.ko) remains loaded. Since the driver uses a shared workqueue (`qat_misc_wq`) across all devices and owned by intel_qat.ko, a deferred routine from the device-specific driver may still be pending in the queue. If this routine executes after the driver is unloaded, it can dereference freed memory, resulting in a page fault and kernel crash like the following: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffa000002e50a01c #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode RIP: 0010:pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat] Call Trace: pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat] process_one_work+0x171/0x340 worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0 kthread+0xf0/0x120 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 To prevent this, flush the misc workqueue during device shutdown to ensure that all pending work items are completed before the driver is unloaded. Note: This approach may slightly increase shutdown latency if the workqueue contains jobs from other devices, but it ensures correctness and stability.

• CWE-416

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4df408ba9bad2b205c7fb8afc1836a6a4ca88aPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5858448a6c65d8ee3f8600570d3ce19febcb33bePatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e59a52e429e13df3feb34f4853a8e36d121ed937Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa4c14a82747886d333d8baef0d26da86ba1ccf7Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe546f5c50fc474daca6bee72caa7ab68a74c33dPatch
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html

Published

Sep 5, 2025

Last Modified

Jul 14, 2026

Status

Modified

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