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CVE-2025-38542
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-08-16T12:15:30.083 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:17:04.590

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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