CVE-2025-37836 (GCVE-0-2025-37836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 06:41 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:56
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Summary
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]
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Linux Linux Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < f4db1b2c9ae3d013733c302ee70cac943b7070c0 (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < 3297497ad2246eb9243849bfbbc57a0dea97d76e (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < b783478e0c53ffb4f04f25fb4e21ef7f482b05df (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < bd2a352a0d72575f1842d28c14c10089f0cfe1ae (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < 9707d0c932f41006a2701afc926b232b50e356b4 (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < bbba4c50a2d2a1d3f3bf31cc4b8280cb492bf2c7 (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < f9208aec86226524ec1cb68a09ac70e974ea6536 (git)
Affected: 37d6a0a6f4700ad3ae7bbf8db38b4557e97b3fe4 , < 804443c1f27883926de94c849d91f5b7d7d696e9 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 4.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.237 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.181 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.136 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.89 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.24 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13.12 , ≤ 6.13.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14.3 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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