CVE-2025-37836

Published May 9, 2025

Last updated a month ago

Overview

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]
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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  1. CVE-2025-37836 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_devic… https://t.co/nMqUW1F7bp

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