# CVE-2025-21934: rapidio: fix an API misues when rio\_add\_net() fails

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rapidio: fix an API misues when rio_add_net() fails rio_add_net() calls device_register() and fails when device_register() fails. Thus, put_device() should be used rather than kfree(). Add "mport->net = NULL;" to avoid a use after free issue.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ec862ce80f64db923a1d942b5d11cf6fc87d36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88ddad53e4cfb6de861c6d4fb7b25427f46baed5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd9f58f7fe41a55fae4305ea51fc234769fd466
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f5e520e8fbc6294020ff8afa36f684d92c6e6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2537f01d57f08c527e40bbb5862aa6ff43344898
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e4977141dfc6d109bf29b495bf2187b4250990
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0aa4ee1cbbf7789907e5a3f6810de01c146c211
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2ef51c74b0171fde7eb69b6152d3d2f743ef269

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