firmware: arm_scmi: Balance device refcount when destroying devices
Using device_find_child() to lookup the proper SCMI device to destroy
causes an unbalance in device refcount, since device_find_child() calls an
implicit get_device(): this, in turns, inhibits the call of the provided
release methods upon devices destruction.
As a consequence, one of the structures that is not freed properly upon
destruction is the internal struct device_private dev->p populated by the
drivers subsystem core.
KMemleak detects this situation since loading/unloding some SCMI driver
causes related devices to be created/destroyed without calling any
device_release method.
unreferenced object 0xffff00000f583800 (size 512):
comm "insmod", pid 227, jiffies 4294912190
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N..........
ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 60 36 1d 8a 00 80 ff ff ........`6......
backtrace (crc 114e2eed):
kmemleak_alloc+0xbc/0xd8
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2dc/0x398
device_add+0x954/0x12d0
device_register+0x28/0x40
__scmi_device_create.part.0+0x1bc/0x380
scmi_device_create+0x2d0/0x390
scmi_create_protocol_devices+0x74/0xf8
scmi_device_request_notifier+0x1f8/0x2a8
notifier_call_chain+0x110/0x3b0
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x70/0xb0
scmi_driver_register+0x350/0x7f0
0xffff80000a3b3038
do_one_initcall+0x12c/0x730
do_init_module+0x1dc/0x640
load_module+0x4b20/0x5b70
init_module_from_file+0xec/0x158
$ ./scripts/faddr2line ./vmlinux device_add+0x954/0x12d0
device_add+0x954/0x12d0:
kmalloc_noprof at include/linux/slab.h:901
(inlined by) kzalloc_noprof at include/linux/slab.h:1037
(inlined by) device_private_init at drivers/base/core.c:3510
(inlined by) device_add at drivers/base/core.c:3561
Balance device refcount by issuing a put_device() on devices found via
device_find_child().
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-4271-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5925-1 | linux security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2025-15940 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Balance device refcount when destroying devices Using device_find_child() to lookup the proper SCMI device to destroy causes an unbalance in device refcount, since device_find_child() calls an implicit get_device(): this, in turns, inhibits the call of the provided release methods upon devices destruction. As a consequence, one of the structures that is not freed properly upon destruction is the internal struct device_private dev->p populated by the drivers subsystem core. KMemleak detects this situation since loading/unloding some SCMI driver causes related devices to be created/destroyed without calling any device_release method. unreferenced object 0xffff00000f583800 (size 512): comm "insmod", pid 227, jiffies 4294912190 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 60 36 1d 8a 00 80 ff ff ........`6...... backtrace (crc 114e2eed): kmemleak_alloc+0xbc/0xd8 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2dc/0x398 device_add+0x954/0x12d0 device_register+0x28/0x40 __scmi_device_create.part.0+0x1bc/0x380 scmi_device_create+0x2d0/0x390 scmi_create_protocol_devices+0x74/0xf8 scmi_device_request_notifier+0x1f8/0x2a8 notifier_call_chain+0x110/0x3b0 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x70/0xb0 scmi_driver_register+0x350/0x7f0 0xffff80000a3b3038 do_one_initcall+0x12c/0x730 do_init_module+0x1dc/0x640 load_module+0x4b20/0x5b70 init_module_from_file+0xec/0x158 $ ./scripts/faddr2line ./vmlinux device_add+0x954/0x12d0 device_add+0x954/0x12d0: kmalloc_noprof at include/linux/slab.h:901 (inlined by) kzalloc_noprof at include/linux/slab.h:1037 (inlined by) device_private_init at drivers/base/core.c:3510 (inlined by) device_add at drivers/base/core.c:3561 Balance device refcount by issuing a put_device() on devices found via device_find_child(). |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7649-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7649-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7650-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7654-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7654-2 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7654-3 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7654-4 | Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7654-5 | Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7655-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7665-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7665-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7686-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7711-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7712-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7712-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7721-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:15:00 +0000
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Debian
Debian debian Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Vendors & Products |
Debian
Debian debian Linux |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000
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Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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epss
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epss
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Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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threat_severity
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cvssV3_1
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Tue, 20 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Balance device refcount when destroying devices Using device_find_child() to lookup the proper SCMI device to destroy causes an unbalance in device refcount, since device_find_child() calls an implicit get_device(): this, in turns, inhibits the call of the provided release methods upon devices destruction. As a consequence, one of the structures that is not freed properly upon destruction is the internal struct device_private dev->p populated by the drivers subsystem core. KMemleak detects this situation since loading/unloding some SCMI driver causes related devices to be created/destroyed without calling any device_release method. unreferenced object 0xffff00000f583800 (size 512): comm "insmod", pid 227, jiffies 4294912190 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 60 36 1d 8a 00 80 ff ff ........`6...... backtrace (crc 114e2eed): kmemleak_alloc+0xbc/0xd8 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2dc/0x398 device_add+0x954/0x12d0 device_register+0x28/0x40 __scmi_device_create.part.0+0x1bc/0x380 scmi_device_create+0x2d0/0x390 scmi_create_protocol_devices+0x74/0xf8 scmi_device_request_notifier+0x1f8/0x2a8 notifier_call_chain+0x110/0x3b0 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x70/0xb0 scmi_driver_register+0x350/0x7f0 0xffff80000a3b3038 do_one_initcall+0x12c/0x730 do_init_module+0x1dc/0x640 load_module+0x4b20/0x5b70 init_module_from_file+0xec/0x158 $ ./scripts/faddr2line ./vmlinux device_add+0x954/0x12d0 device_add+0x954/0x12d0: kmalloc_noprof at include/linux/slab.h:901 (inlined by) kzalloc_noprof at include/linux/slab.h:1037 (inlined by) device_private_init at drivers/base/core.c:3510 (inlined by) device_add at drivers/base/core.c:3561 Balance device refcount by issuing a put_device() on devices found via device_find_child(). | |
| Title | firmware: arm_scmi: Balance device refcount when destroying devices | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T19:57:09.443Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.966Z
Link: CVE-2025-37905
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-05-20T16:15:26.927
Modified: 2025-11-17T18:10:30.880
Link: CVE-2025-37905
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-06-27T09:26:51Z
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN