CVE-2024-38554

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 19, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-38554: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix