CVE-2025-38550 – Linux Kernel IPv6 Multicast Delayed Put Reference Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2025-38550

Published : Aug. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m. | 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

Description : 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.

Severity: 0.0 | NA

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