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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0085b250fcc79f900c82a69980ec2f3e1871823b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203e4f42596ede31498744018716a3db6dbb7f51 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d860d1faa6b2ce3becfdb8b0c2b048ad31800061 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8c29fc437d03a98fb075c31c5be761cc8326284 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb07156cc0742ba4e93dfcc84280c011d05b301f Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.0 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 10
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0085b250fcc79f900c82a69980ec2f3e1871823b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203e4f42596ede31498744018716a3db6dbb7f51 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d860d1faa6b2ce3becfdb8b0c2b048ad31800061 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8c29fc437d03a98fb075c31c5be761cc8326284 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb07156cc0742ba4e93dfcc84280c011d05b301f Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html