CVE-2025-38542
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38542
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38542.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38542
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-08-16T12:15:30Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-30T18:01:35Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 atrtrcreate(), the old device reference was not being released before assigning the new device, leading to a device refcount leak. Fix this by calling devput() to release the old device reference before holding the new one.
- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/473f3eadfc73b0fb6d8dee5829d19a5772e387f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64124cf0aab0dd1e18c0fb5ae66e45741e727f8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f5dfa87367fdce9f8b995bc6c38f64f9ea2c90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92bedf71f25303e203a4e657489d76691a58119
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2e9f50f0bdad73b64a871f25186b899624518c4