Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: appletb-kbd: fix "appletb_backlight" backlight device reference counting
During appletb_kbd_probe, probe attempts to get the backlight device by name. When this happens backlight_device_get_by_name looks for a device in the backlight class which has name "appletb_backlight" and upon finding a match it increments the reference count for the device and returns it to the caller. However this reference is never released leading to a reference leak.
Fix this by decrementing the backlight device reference count on removal via put_device and on probe failure.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 93a0fc48948107e0cc34e1de22c3cb363a8f2783, < 751d5437112a3f387de4ef6d2d1c131068ff7627; >= 93a0fc48948107e0cc34e1de22c3cb363a8f2783, < 4540e41e753a7d69ecd3f5bad51fe620205c3a18 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.15 |
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Timeline
- Published
- Jul 6, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed