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CVE-2025-38542

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2025-08-16 Modified: 2026-07-30

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 Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References