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

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-38550 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.

    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f18e0130194550dff734e155029ae734378b5ea
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728db00a14cacb37f36e9382ab5fad55caf890cc
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7929d27c747eafe8fca3eecd74a334503ee4c839
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3264a25a4635531264728859dbe9c659fad554
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcbc346f50a009d8b7f4e330f9f2e22d6442fa26
Share the Post:

Related Posts