CVE-2025-21928HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove()
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove() The system can experience a random crash a few minutes after the driver is removed. This issue occurs due to improper handling of memory freeing in the ishtp_hid_remove() function. The function currently frees the `driver_data` directly within the loop that destroys the HID devices, which can lead to accessing freed memory. Specifically, `hid_destroy_device()` uses `driver_data` when it calls `hid_ishtp_set_feature()` to power off the sensor, so freeing `driver_data` beforehand can result in accessing invalid memory. This patch resolves the issue by storing the `driver_data` in a temporary variable before calling `hid_destroy_device()`, and then freeing the `driver_data` after the device is destroyed.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 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)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < 0c1fb475ef999d6c22fc3f963fdf20cb3ed1b03d
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < d3faae7f42181865c799d88c5054176f38ae4625
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < 01b18a330cda61cc21423a7d1af92cf31ded8f60
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < cf1a6015d2f6b1f0afaa0fd6a0124ff2c7943394
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < 560f4d1299342504a6ab8a47f575b5e6b8345ada
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < dea6a349bcaf243fff95dfd0428a26be6a0fb44e
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < eb0695d87a81e7c1f0509b7d8ee7c65fbc26aec9
- affected 0b28cb4bcb17dcb5fe0763fc3e1a94398b8f6cf6 – < 07583a0010696a17fb0942e0b499a62785c5fc9f
- affected 4.9
- unaffected < 4.9
- unaffected 5.4.291 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.235 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.179 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.131 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.83 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.19 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13.7 – ≤ 6.13.*
- unaffected 6.14 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c1fb475ef999d6c22fc3f963fdf20cb3ed1b03d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3faae7f42181865c799d88c5054176f38ae4625 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b18a330cda61cc21423a7d1af92cf31ded8f60 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf1a6015d2f6b1f0afaa0fd6a0124ff2c7943394 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560f4d1299342504a6ab8a47f575b5e6b8345ada (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dea6a349bcaf243fff95dfd0428a26be6a0fb44e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb0695d87a81e7c1f0509b7d8ee7c65fbc26aec9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07583a0010696a17fb0942e0b499a62785c5fc9f (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html (opens in a new tab)
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-9393 (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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