CVE-2025-37836

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge()

If device_register() fails, call put_device() to give up the reference to avoid a memory leak, per the comment at device_register().

Found by code review.

[bhelgaas: squash Dan Carpenter's double free fix from https://lore.kernel.org/r/db806a6c-a91b-4e5a-a84b-6b7e01bdac85@stanley.mountain]

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
May 9, 2025
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2025-37836: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix