CVE-2025-37836

PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge()

published May 9, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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/[email protected]]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00314 · 23.1th percentile
Published
2025-05-09T06:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 06:41Z
    PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge()
    cvelistv5