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Linux Linux — rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and use core helper
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U N N H 4.7 .0010 0.9 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 – —
Linux 4.18 – 5.10.252
TIMELINE
Mar 17 Reserved by Linux
May 6 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-71274 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and use core helper
The driver_override_show function reads the driver_override string
without holding the device_lock. However, the store function modifies
and frees the string while holding the device_lock. This creates a race
condition where the string can be freed by the store function while
being read by the show function, leading to a use-after-free.
To fix this, replace the rpmsg_string_attr macro with explicit show and
store functions. The new driver_override_store uses the standard
driver_set_override helper. Since the introduction of
driver_set_override, the comments in include/linux/rpmsg.h have stated
that this helper must be used to set or clear driver_override, but the
implementation was not updated until now.
Because driver_set_override modifies and frees the string while holding
the device_lock, the new driver_override_show now correctly holds the
device_lock during the read operation to prevent the race.
Additionally, since rpmsg_string_attr has only ever been used for
driver_override, removing the macro simplifies the code.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| March 17, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 6, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-71274 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.18 | 5.10.252 |
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