VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-38542

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-08-16
Last modified2026-07-30
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

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