{"cve":"CVE-2025-39873","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-23T06:15:46.670","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncan: xilinx_can: xcan_write_frame(): fix use-after-free of transmitted SKB\n\ncan_put_echo_skb() takes ownership of the SKB and it may be freed\nduring or after the call.\n\nHowever, xilinx_can xcan_write_frame() keeps using SKB after the call.\n\nFix that by only calling can_put_echo_skb() after the code is done\ntouching the SKB.\n\nThe tx_lock is held for the entire xcan_write_frame() execution and\nalso on the can_get_echo_skb() side so the order of operations does not\nmatter.\n\nAn earlier fix commit 3d3c817c3a40 (\"can: xilinx_can: Fix usage of skb\nmemory\") did not move the can_put_echo_skb() call far enough.\n\n[mkl: add \"commit\" in front of sha1 in patch description]\n[mkl: fix indention]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1139321161a3ba5e45e61e0738b37f42f20bc57a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/668cc1e3bb21101d074e430de1b7ba8fd10189e7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/725b33deebd6e4c96fe7893f384510a54258f28f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94b050726288a56a6b8ff55aa641f2fedbd3b44c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e202ffd9e54538ef67ec301ebd6d9da4823466c9"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39873","score":0.00162,"percentile":0.05328,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}