PT-2025-33585 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published

2025-07-11

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Updated

2026-04-20

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CVE-2025-38542

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description: A device refcount leak exists in the atrtr create() function when updating an existing route entry. The old device reference was not released before assigning the new device, resulting in a memory leak. The issue is resolved by calling dev put() to release the old device reference before holding the new one.
Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-911

Related Identifiers

AZL-66356
AZL-73575
BDU:2025-15809
CVE-2025-38542
DLA-4327-1
DLA-4328-1
ECHO-CC80-00DE-D3F0
USN-7774-1
USN-7774-2
USN-7774-3
USN-7774-4
USN-7774-5
USN-7775-1
USN-7775-2
USN-7775-3
USN-7776-1
USN-7879-1
USN-7879-2
USN-7879-3
USN-7879-4
USN-7880-1
USN-7934-1
USN-8028-1
USN-8028-2
USN-8028-3
USN-8028-4
USN-8028-5
USN-8028-6
USN-8028-7
USN-8028-8
USN-8031-1
USN-8031-2
USN-8031-3
USN-8052-1
USN-8052-2
USN-8074-1
USN-8074-2
USN-8126-1

Affected Products

Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Ubuntu