CVE-2025-38542

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.13-6.15.7 - Device Reference Count Leak in atrtr_create()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (29)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.4.296linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.189linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.146linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.240linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.99linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.39linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 2.6.12
... and 19 more
Published Aug 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026