Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2025
CVE-2025-39827
net: rose: include node references in rose_neigh refcount
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rose: include node references in rose_neigh refcount Current implementation maintains two separate reference counting mechanisms: the 'count' field in struct rose_neigh tracks references from rose_node structures, while the 'use' field (now refcount_t) tracks references from rose_sock. This patch merges these two reference counting systems using 'use' field for proper reference management. Specifically, this patch adds incrementing and decrementing of rose_neigh->use when rose_neigh->count is incremented or decremented. This patch also modifies rose_rt_free(), rose_rt_device_down() and rose_clear_route() to properly release references to rose_neigh objects before freeing a rose_node through rose_remove_node(). These changes ensure rose_neigh structures are properly freed only when all references, including those from rose_node structures, are released. As a result, this resolves a slab-use-after-free issue reported by Syzbot.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.12.1 before 6.1.150; 6.2 before 6.6.104; 6.7 before 6.12.45; 6.13 before 6.16.5; 2.6.12; 2.6.12; +6 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 4cce478c3e82a5fc788d72adb2f4c4e983997639; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 9c547c8eee9d1cf6e744611d688b9f725cf9a115; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before d7563b456ed44151e1a82091d96f60166daea89b; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 384210cceb1873a4c8218b27ba0745444436b728; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before da9c9c877597170b929a6121a68dcd3dd9a80f45; 2.6.12 · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS