{"id":"CVE-2025-38542","summary":"net: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create()","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-02T12:48:01.372590Z","published":"2025-08-16T11:22:16.689Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38542.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/473f3eadfc73b0fb6d8dee5829d19a5772e387f7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64124cf0aab0dd1e18c0fb5ae66e45741e727f8b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f5dfa87367fdce9f8b995bc6c38f64f9ea2c90"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92bedf71f25303e203a4e657489d76691a58119"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2e9f50f0bdad73b64a871f25186b899624518c4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38542.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38542"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c7f905f0f6d49ed8c1aa4566c31f0383a0ba0c9d"},{"fixed":"b92bedf71f25303e203a4e657489d76691a58119"},{"fixed":"a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afd"},{"fixed":"b2f5dfa87367fdce9f8b995bc6c38f64f9ea2c90"},{"fixed":"d2e9f50f0bdad73b64a871f25186b899624518c4"},{"fixed":"4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46"},{"fixed":"473f3eadfc73b0fb6d8dee5829d19a5772e387f7"},{"fixed":"64124cf0aab0dd1e18c0fb5ae66e45741e727f8b"},{"fixed":"711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38542.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}