CVE-2025-38542

Name	CVE-2025-38542
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4327-1, DLA-4328-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.244-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.153-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	fixed
	forky	6.16.12-2	fixed
	sid	6.17.6-1	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.244-1	DLA-4327-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.147-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.41-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.16.3-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	DLA-4328-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/711c80f7d8b163d3ecd463cd96f07230f488e750 (6.16-rc6)