{"cve":"CVE-2025-38542","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-16T12:15:30.083","modified":"2026-07-30T06:23:25.000","status":"Modified","description":"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.","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/473f3eadfc73b0fb6d8dee5829d19a5772e387f7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a17370da6e476d3d275534e9e9cd2d02c57ca46","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64124cf0aab0dd1e18c0fb5ae66e45741e727f8b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7852b01793669248dce0348d14df89e77a32afd"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38542","score":0.00179,"percentile":0.07455,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}