← Database

CVE-2025-37836

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-05-09 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References