CVE-2025-38542
net: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create()
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Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
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.
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- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-08-16 CVE Published
- 2025-08-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-08-16 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
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References (9)
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 5.4.296 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 5.4.296" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 5.10.240 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 5.10.240" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 5.15.189 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 5.15.189" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 6.1.146 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 6.1.146" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 6.6.99 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 6.6.99" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 6.12.39 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 6.12.39" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 6.15.7 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 6.15.7" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.12 < 6.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.12 < 6.16" | en |
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