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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy The function devl_rate_nodes_destroy is documented to "Unset paren…

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2025-40251
First seen2026-07-31 05:16 UTC
Disclosed2025-12-04 16:16 UTC
Last updated2026-07-31 05:16 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy The function devl_rate_nodes_destroy is documented to "Unset parent for all rate objects". However, it was only calling the driver-specific `rate_leaf_parent_set` or `rate_node_parent_set` ops and decrementing the parent's refcount, without actually setting the `devlink_rate->parent` pointer to NULL. This leaves a dangling pointer in the `devlink_rate` struct, wh…

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD