{"cve":"CVE-2024-38554","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T14:15:15.627","modified":"2026-06-17T07:40:32.213","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device\n\nThere is a reference count leak issue of the object \"net_device\" in\nax25_dev_device_down(). When the ax25 device is shutting down, the\nax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count of net_device one\nor zero times depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will\ncause memory leak.\n\nIn order to solve the above issue, decrease the reference count of\nnet_device after dev->ax25_ptr is set to null.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e56b1b002bb26440403053f19f9e1a8bc075b2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec437f9bbae68e9b38115c4c91de995f73f6bad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bad3a20a27be8d935f2aae08d3c6e743754944a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/965d940fb7414b310a22666503d2af69459c981b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef95df9b752699bddecefa851f64858247246e9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-38554","score":0.00236,"percentile":0.1458,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}