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Source: linux · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2025-39826Unknown / EvaluatingHIGH (raw)CVSS 8.8CWE-416

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

Published: 16 Sept 2025•Last updated: 15 Oct 2026, 07:48 AM IST•Source identifier: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance not available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
8.8HIGH (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metric source416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS probability
0.2%0.002
Percentile11th
Weakness type
CWE-416
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

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.

SOC priority

High

Actively exploited

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: SOC ecosystem technology relevance; HIGH severity; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

2 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • linux linux kernel · >= 2.6.12.1 < 6.1.150; >= 6.2 < 6.6.104; >= 6.7 < 6.12.45; >= 6.13 < 6.16.5; 2.6.12; 6.17 · NVD CPE · Source
  • debian debian linux · 11.0 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

No rule-based guidance for this vulnerability class

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Record status · verification
UPDATED · NVD API
CPE
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

3 public sources
git.kernel.orgSource recordnvd.nist.govSource recordgit.kernel.orgSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2025-39826
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2025-39826
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2025-39826"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

— No published briefing references this CVE

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