CVE-2025-39826

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39826
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-39826.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-39826
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-16T13:00:24.618Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:35:25.161232Z
Summary
net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t

The 'use' field in struct roseneigh is used as a reference counter but lacks atomicity. This can lead to race conditions where a roseneigh structure is freed while still being referenced by other code paths.

For example, when roseneigh->use becomes zero during an ioctl operation via rosert_ioctl(), the structure may be removed while its timer is still active, potentially causing use-after-free issues.

This patch changes the type of 'use' from unsigned short to refcountt and updates all code paths to use roseneighhold() and roseneigh_put() which operate reference counts atomically.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/39xxx/CVE-2025-39826.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed
fb07156cc0742ba4e93dfcc84280c011d05b301f
Fixed
f8c29fc437d03a98fb075c31c5be761cc8326284
Fixed
0085b250fcc79f900c82a69980ec2f3e1871823b
Fixed
203e4f42596ede31498744018716a3db6dbb7f51
Fixed
d860d1faa6b2ce3becfdb8b0c2b048ad31800061

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.12
Fixed
6.1.150
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.104
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.45
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.16.5