CVE-2025-39826
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t
The 'use' field in struct rose_neigh is used as a reference counter but lacks atomicity. This can lead to race conditions where a rose_neigh structure is freed while still being referenced by other code paths.
For example, when rose_neigh->use becomes zero during an ioctl operation via rose_rt_ioctl(), the structure may be removed while its timer is still active, potentially causing use-after-free issues.
This patch changes the type of 'use' from unsigned short to refcount_t and updates all code paths to use rose_neigh_hold() and rose_neigh_put() which operate reference counts atomically.
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.htmlnvd
News mentions
1- Siemens SIMATICCISA Alerts