High 8.4Published Sep 23, 2025

CVE-2025-39882drm/mediatek: fix potential OF node use-after-free

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:40 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: fix potential OF node use-after-free The for_each_child_of_node() helper drops the reference it takes to each node as it iterates over children and an explicit of_node_put() is only needed when exiting the loop early. Drop the recently introduced bogus additional reference count decrement at each iteration that could potentially lead to a use-after-free.

CVSS: 8.4 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 7d98166183d627c0b9daca7672b2191fae0f8a03 before b2fbe0f9f80b9cfa1e06ddcf8b863d918394ef1d; from 31ce7c089b50c3d3056c37e0e25e7535e4428ae1 before b58a26cdd4795c1ce6a80e38e9348885555dacd6; from fae58d0155a979a8c414bbc12db09dd4b2f910d0 before c4901802ed1ce859242e10af06e6a7752cba0497; from 1f403699c40f0806a707a9a6eed3b8904224021a before 4de37a48b6b58faaded9eb765047cf0d8785ea18	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.6.105 before 6.6.107; from 6.12.45 before 6.12.48; from 6.16.5 before 6.16.8; 6.17; 6.17	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2fbe0f9f80b9cfa1e06ddcf8b863d918394ef1d	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b58a26cdd4795c1ce6a80e38e9348885555dacd6	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4901802ed1ce859242e10af06e6a7752cba0497	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4de37a48b6b58faaded9eb765047cf0d8785ea18	patch

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