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CVE-2025-37836
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-05-09T07:16:04.320 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:15:32.063

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge() If device_register() fails, call put_device() to give up the reference to avoid a memory leak, per the comment at device_register(). Found by code review. [bhelgaas: squash Dan Carpenter's double free fix from https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]]

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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