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CVE-2025-37836

PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge()

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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge() If device_register() fails, call put_device() to give up the reference to avoid a memory leak, per the comment at device_register(). Found by code review. [bhelgaas: squash Dan Carpenter's double free fix from https://lore.kernel.org/r/db806a6c-a91b-4e5a-a84b-6b7e01bdac85@stanley.mountain]

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    4.10

References 8

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