{"cve":"CVE-2025-68249","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T15:15:54.193","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmost: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization\n\nThe early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before\n&mdev->dev has been initialized with device_initialize(). Calling\nput_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up\ninvoking kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized\nkobject.\n\nIn this path the private struct was only kmalloc'ed and the intended\nrelease is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead\nof calling put_device() on an uninitialized device.\n\nThis removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization error path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3509c748e79435d09e730673c8c100b7f0ebc87c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af0eedbdb4df7936bf43a28e31af232744d2620","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb8fbc0aa542af5bf0fed94fa6b0edf18144f95","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d851f746067b8ee5bac9c262f326ace0a6ea253","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8cc9e5fcb0e2eef21513a4fec888f5712cb8162"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68249","score":0.00191,"percentile":0.08665,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}