Bug 2395799 (CVE-2025-39826) - CVE-2025-39826 kernel: net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t
Summary: CVE-2025-39826 kernel: net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-39826
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-09-16 14:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-26 09:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-16 14:03:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t

The 'use' field in struct rose_neigh is used as a reference counter but
lacks atomicity. This can lead to race conditions where a rose_neigh
structure is freed while still being referenced by other code paths.

For example, when rose_neigh->use becomes zero during an ioctl operation
via rose_rt_ioctl(), the structure may be removed while its timer is
still active, potentially causing use-after-free issues.

This patch changes the type of 'use' from unsigned short to refcount_t and
updates all code paths to use rose_neigh_hold() and rose_neigh_put() which
operate reference counts atomically.


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