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CVE-2025-38542

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Published: Aug 16, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (17)

1 product
Linux Kernel
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
16 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
From 2.6.13 to 5.4.296
From 5.11 to 5.15.189
From 5.16 to 6.1.146
From 5.5 to 5.10.240
From 6.13 to 6.15.7
From 6.2 to 6.6.99
From 6.7 to 6.12.39
Version 2.6.12
Version 2.6.12 rc3
Version 2.6.12 rc4
Version 2.6.12 rc5
Version 6.16 rc1
Version 6.16 rc2
Version 6.16 rc3
Version 6.16 rc4
Version 6.16 rc5
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 11.0

References (10)

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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