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CVE-2025-54601

Improper synchronization on a global variable leads to a double free.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.08%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Wi-Fi driver in Samsung Mobile Processor amd Wearable Processor Exynos 980, 850, 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, 1580, W920, W930, and W1000. Improper synchronization on a global variable leads to a double free. An attacker can trigger a race condition by invoking an ioctl function concurrently from multiple threads.

CVSS 3.1
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.08% probability · 0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
samsung/exynos 980 firmware · samsung/exynos 850 firmware · samsung/exynos 1080 firmware · samsung/exynos 1280 firmware · samsung/exynos 1330 firmware · samsung/exynos 1380 firmware · samsung/exynos 1480 firmware · samsung/exynos 1580 firmware · samsung/exynos w930 firmware · samsung/exynos w920 firmware · samsung/exynos w1000 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.