CVE-2025-68249
Published: Dec 16, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization The early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before &mdev->dev has been initialized with device_initialize(). Calling put_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up invoking kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized kobject. In this path the private struct was only kmalloc'ed and the intended release is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead of calling put_device() on an uninitialized device. This removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization error path.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 3509c748e79435d09e730673c8c100b7f0ebc87caffected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < ad2be44882716dc3589fbc5572cc13f88ead6b24affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < c400410fe0580dd6118ae8d60287ac9ce71a65fdaffected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 6fb8fbc0aa542af5bf0fed94fa6b0edf18144f95affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 7d851f746067b8ee5bac9c262f326ace0a6ea253+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.9unaffected 0 - < 5.9unaffected 5.10.246 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.196 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.158 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
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