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CVE-2025-38542

Published: Aug 16, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create() When updating an existing route entry in atrtr_create(), the old device reference was not being released before assigning the new device, leading to a device refcount leak. Fix this by calling dev_put() to release the old device reference before holding the new one.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d - < b92bedf71f25303e203a4e657489d76691a58119
affected
c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d - < a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afd
affected
c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d - < b2f5dfa87367fdce9f8b995bc6c38f64f9ea2c90
affected
c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d - < d2e9f50f0bdad73b64a871f25186b899624518c4
affected
c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d - < 4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
2.6.12
unaffected
0 - < 2.6.12
unaffected
5.4.296 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.240 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.189 - <= 5.15.*

+5 more versions

References

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