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CVE-2025-39826

HIGH
7.0CVSS
Published: 2025-09-16
Updated: 2026-01-16
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t The 'use' field in struct rose_neigh is used as a reference counter but lacks atomicity. This can lead to race conditions where a rose_neigh structure is freed while still being referenced by other code paths. For example, when rose_neigh->use becomes zero during an ioctl operation via rose_rt_ioctl(), the structure may be removed while its timer is still active, potentially causing use-after-free issues. This patch changes the type of 'use' from unsigned short to refcount_t and updates all code paths to use rose_neigh_hold() and rose_neigh_put() which operate reference counts atomically.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
high
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Metadata

Primary Vendor
LINUX
Published
9/16/2025
Last Modified
1/16/2026
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

linux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kerneldebian : debian_linux

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