CVE-2025-40005 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-40005

spi: cadence-quadspi: Implement refcount to handle unbind during busy

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: cadence-quadspi: Implement refcount to handle unbind during busy driver support indirect read and indirect write operation with assumption no force device removal(unbind) operation. However force device removal(removal) is still available to root superuser. Unbinding driver during operation causes kernel crash. This changes ensure driver able to handle such operation for indirect read and indirect write by implementing refcount to track attached devices to the controller and gracefully wait and until attached devices remove operation completed before proceed with removal operation.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Linux

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Affected Software

Linux

Vulnerable Versions:

a314f6367787ee1d767df9a2120f17e4511144d0, 5.9, 0, 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.6.125, 6.12.78, 6.16.10, 6.17

Timeline

Official Publish: October 20th, 2025

Last Modified: June 1st, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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