Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
net: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create()
CVE-2025-38542
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 products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/473f3eadfc73b0fb6d8dee5829d19a5772e387f7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64124cf0aab0dd1e18c0fb5ae66e45741e727f8bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afdmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f5dfa87367fdce9f8b995bc6c38f64f9ea2c90mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92bedf71f25303e203a4e657489d76691a58119mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2e9f50f0bdad73b64a871f25186b899624518c4mitre
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