Samsung Mobile Processor/Wearable Processor Exynos up to 1580 Global Variable race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos up to 1580. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Global Variable Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-54601. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos up to 1580. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Global Variable Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at semiconductor.samsung.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-54601 since 07/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Timelineinfo

07/27/2025 CVE reserved
04/06/2026 +253 days Advisory disclosed
04/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: semiconductor.samsung.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54601 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54601
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355664

Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2026 22:37
Changes: 04/06/2026 22:37 (52)
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Cache ID: 216:38D:103

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