CVE-2025-38542

{"id": "CVE-2025-38542", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-08-16T12:15:30.083", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/473f3eadfc73b0fb6d8dee5829d19a5772e387f7", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64124cf0aab0dd1e18c0fb5ae66e45741e727f8b", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afd", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f5dfa87367fdce9f8b995bc6c38f64f9ea2c90", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92bedf71f25303e203a4e657489d76691a58119", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2e9f50f0bdad73b64a871f25186b899624518c4", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create()\n\nWhen updating an existing route entry in atrtr_create(), the old device\nreference was not being released before assigning the new device,\nleading to a device refcount leak. Fix this by calling dev_put() to\nrelease the old device reference before holding the new one."}], "lastModified": "2025-08-16T12:15:30.083", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}