CVE-2025-38180
Not scored
net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling /proc/net/atm/lec must ensure safety against dev_lec[] changes. It appears it had dev_put() calls without prior dev_hold(), leading to imbalance and UAF.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 4, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1857 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38180
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling /proc/net/atm/lec must ensure safety against dev_lec[] changes. It appears it had dev_put() calls without prior dev_hold(), leading to imbalance and UAF.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe1b23a2f87f43aeeac51e08819cbc6fd808cbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9aeb3ada44d8abea1e31e4446113f460848ae4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5e3a144268899f1a8c445c8a3bfa15873ba85e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca3829c18c8d0ceb656605d3bff6bb3dfb078589
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d03b79f459c7935cff830d98373474f440bd03ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e612c4b014f5808fbc6beae21f5ccaca5e76a2f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2d1443b18806640abdb530e88009af7be2588e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcfccf56f4eba7d00aa2d33c7bb1b33083237742
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38180.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38180