CVE-2025-38253 (GCVE-0-2025-38253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-09 10:42 – Updated: 2025-07-28 04:16
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Title
HID: wacom: fix crash in wacom_aes_battery_handler()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: wacom: fix crash in wacom_aes_battery_handler() Commit fd2a9b29dc9c ("HID: wacom: Remove AES power_supply after extended inactivity") introduced wacom_aes_battery_handler() which is scheduled as a delayed work (aes_battery_work). In wacom_remove(), aes_battery_work is not canceled. Consequently, if the device is removed while aes_battery_work is still pending, then hard crashes or "Oops: general protection fault..." are experienced when wacom_aes_battery_handler() is finally called. E.g., this happens with built-in USB devices after resume from hibernate when aes_battery_work was still pending at the time of hibernation. So, take care to cancel aes_battery_work in wacom_remove().
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Linux Linux Affected: fd2a9b29dc9c4c35def91d5d1c5b470843539de6 , < a4f182ffa30c52ad1c8e12edfb8049ee748c0f1b (git)
Affected: fd2a9b29dc9c4c35def91d5d1c5b470843539de6 , < 57a3d82200dbeccd002244b96acad570eeeb731f (git)
Affected: fd2a9b29dc9c4c35def91d5d1c5b470843539de6 , < f3054152c12e2eed1e72704aff47b0ea58229584 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.36 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.5 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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