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    "id": "CVE-2024-38554",
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    "idYear": 2024,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-06-19T13:35:25.406Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-23T15:48:34.479Z",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device\n\nThere is a reference count leak issue of the object \"net_device\" in\nax25_dev_device_down(). When the ax25 device is shutting down, the\nax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count of net_device one\nor zero times depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will\ncause memory leak.\n\nIn order to solve the above issue, decrease the reference count of\nnet_device after dev->ax25_ptr is set to null.",
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