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  1. CVE-2025-68372 Linux NBD UAF race patch explained

    A newly assigned CVE, CVE-2025-68372, documents a use-after-free (UAF) race in the Linux kernel’s Network Block Device (NBD) driver that can result in worker-thread access to freed configuration memory. The fix is small but important: the NBD code now defers the final configuration put — calling...
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  2. CVE-2025-38443: Linux NBD UAF fix and Azure Linux security implications

    A recently assigned Linux-kernel CVE, CVE-2025-38443 — described upstream and by multiple distributors as “nbd: fix uaf in nbd_genl_connect error path” — corrects a use‑after‑free in the NBD (Network Block Device) driver by rearranging device startup so the kernel no longer races between...
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