Search/CVE-2025-38542
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CVE-2025-38542

Vendordebian, linuxProductdebian linux, linux kernelDiscoveredAug 16, 2025UpdatedJul 30, 2026

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.

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.18%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
31
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.01pp
0.17% → 0.18% over 4 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
33 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 16, 2025
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jul 30, 2026
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-2: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-3: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7775-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7776-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Sep 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7775-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Oct 1, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7775-3: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Oct 1, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-4: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Oct 6, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-5: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities
Nov 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Nov 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Nov 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7880-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Nov 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dec 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7879-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dec 15, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7934-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Feb 11, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 12, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Feb 12, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-3: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-4: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 18, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-2: Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-6: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8052-1: Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-7: Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Feb 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-8: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Feb 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8052-2: Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8074-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8074-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8126-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities