CVE-2024-38554

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device There is a reference count leak issue of the object "net_device" in ax25_dev_device_down(). When the ax25 device is shutting down, the ax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count of net_device one or zero times depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will cause memory leak. In order to solve the above issue, decrease the reference count of net_device after dev->ax25_ptr is set to null.

Score
CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
Status
Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2024-06-19
Last modified
2026-05-23

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