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High 7.8Published Sep 19, 2025

CVE-2025-39859ptp: ocp: fix use-after-free bugs causing by ptp_ocp_watchdog

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: ocp: fix use-after-free bugs causing by ptp_ocp_watchdog The ptp_ocp_detach() only shuts down the watchdog timer if it is pending. However, if the timer handler is already running, the timer_delete_sync() is not called. This leads to race conditions where the devlink that contains the ptp_ocp is deallocated while the timer handler is still accessing it, resulting in use-after-free bugs. The following details one of the race scenarios. (thread 1) | (thread 2) ptp_ocp_remove() | ptp_ocp_detach() | ptp_ocp_watchdog() if (timer_pending(&bp->watchdog))| bp = timer_container_of() timer_delete_sync() | | devlink_free(devlink) //free | | bp-> //use Resolve this by unconditionally calling timer_delete_sync() to ensure the timer is reliably deactivated, preventing any access after free.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 773bda96492153e11d21eb63ac814669b51fc701 before e2a6eabe5304a789b7d40ce2576cd80154255e51; from 773bda96492153e11d21eb63ac814669b51fc701 before aad70bdfc8244616e48c434310cab241a3f17781; from 773bda96492153e11d21eb63ac814669b51fc701 before f10d3c7267ac7387a5129d5506c3c5f2460cfd9b; 773bda96492153e11d21eb63ac814669b51fc701 builds before 8bf935cf789872350b04c1a6468b0a509f67afb2
CNA record
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 5.15 before 6.16.6; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17
NVD

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