CVE-2025-38550 (GCVE-0-2025-38550)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-16 11:34
Modified
2025-08-16 11:34
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: Delay put pmc->idev in mld_del_delrec() pmc->idev is still used in ip6_mc_clear_src(), so as mld_clear_delrec() does, the reference should be put after ip6_mc_clear_src() return.
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Linux Linux Version: 63ed8de4be81b699ca727e9f8e3344bd487806d7
Version: 63ed8de4be81b699ca727e9f8e3344bd487806d7
Version: 63ed8de4be81b699ca727e9f8e3344bd487806d7
Version: 63ed8de4be81b699ca727e9f8e3344bd487806d7
Version: 63ed8de4be81b699ca727e9f8e3344bd487806d7
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