{
  "cveId": "CVE-2025-38542",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38542",
  "summary": "CVE-2025-38542 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38542, released August 16, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "net: appletalk: Fix device refcount leak in atrtr_create()",
  "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.",
  "published": "2025-08-16T12:15:30Z",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss": 5.5,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00189,
  "epssPercentile": 0.08526,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38542",
  "fixes": [
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      "fix": "ELSA-2025-20663",
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      "released": "2025-10-11T00:00:00Z"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "released": "2025-10-11T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
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  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T19:12:23Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
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