# CVE-2025-68249: most: usb: hdm\_probe: Fix calling put\_device() before device initialization

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization The early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before &mdev->dev has been initialized with device_initialize(). Calling put_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up invoking kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized kobject. In this path the private struct was only kmalloc'ed and the intended release is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead of calling put_device() on an uninitialized device. This removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization error path.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3509c748e79435d09e730673c8c100b7f0ebc87c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2be44882716dc3589fbc5572cc13f88ead6b24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c400410fe0580dd6118ae8d60287ac9ce71a65fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb8fbc0aa542af5bf0fed94fa6b0edf18144f95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d851f746067b8ee5bac9c262f326ace0a6ea253
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af0eedbdb4df7936bf43a28e31af232744d2620
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8cc9e5fcb0e2eef21513a4fec888f5712cb8162

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