CVE - CVE-2025-38235

CVE-ID
CVE-2025-38235	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: appletb-kbd: fix "appletb_backlight" backlight device reference counting During appletb_kbd_probe, probe attempts to get the backlight device by name. When this happens backlight_device_get_by_name looks for a device in the backlight class which has name "appletb_backlight" and upon finding a match it increments the reference count for the device and returns it to the caller. However this reference is never released leading to a reference leak. Fix this by decrementing the backlight device reference count on removal via put_device and on probe failure.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4540e41e753a7d69ecd3f5bad51fe620205c3a18 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4540e41e753a7d69ecd3f5bad51fe620205c3a18 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/751d5437112a3f387de4ef6d2d1c131068ff7627 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/751d5437112a3f387de4ef6d2d1c131068ff7627
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20250416	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20250416)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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