CVE-2025-1290 is a high-severity race condition Use-After-Free vulnerability in the virtio_transport_space_update function of Kernel 5.4 on ChromeOS and other Linux kernels. This flaw allows for concurrent allocation and freeing of a critical structure during an AF_VSOCK connect syscall, leading to a dangling pointer and potential kernel code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.1, it presents a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring high attack complexity but no user interaction or privileges. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15474.84.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:15474.84.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15474.84.0, < 15474.84.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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