CVE-2025-38542

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Fix this by calling dev_put() to\nrelease the old device reference before holding the new one."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net: appletalk: Se corrige la fuga de referencia del dispositivo en atrtr_create(). Al actualizar una entrada de ruta existente en atrtr_create(), la referencia del dispositivo anterior no se liberaba antes de asignar el nuevo dispositivo, lo que provocaba una fuga de referencia del dispositivo. Para solucionar esto, llame a dev_put() para liberar la referencia del dispositivo anterior antes de guardar la nueva."}], "lastModified": "2026-01-07T18:40:39.147", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "4FB4C5CA-BF3E-41D0-9451-C110FB7E62C6", "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.296", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0E73A49A-F9B2-470F-91B2-6FAB6239BDB6", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.240", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "3CE0FB9A-DBE8-48B6-BF6E-3C724A4991E3", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.189", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D8DA1166-5C95-475E-BF65-1DF621968E96", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.146", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B369699C-E0E6-42A4-BDEE-8E676ECEF6AA", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.99", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "18D57670-11F8-4B5A-AD56-EA32DD0F44E1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.39", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F9C46937-5FA9-4335-AD7B-E7FC29453CE1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.7", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6F62EECE-8FB1-4D57-85D8-CB9E23CF313C"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0AB349B2-3F78-4197-882B-90ADB3BF645A"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6AC88830-A9BC-4607-B572-A4B502FC9FD0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "476CB3A5-D022-4F13-AAEF-CB6A5785516A"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6D4894DB-CCFE-4602-B1BF-3960B2E19A01"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "09709862-E348-4378-8632-5A7813EDDC86"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "415BF58A-8197-43F5-B3D7-D1D63057A26E"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A0517869-312D-4429-80C2-561086E1421C"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "85421F4E-C863-4ABF-B4B4-E887CC2F7F92"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}