{"id":"CVE-2025-68249","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmost: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization\n\nThe early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before\n&mdev->dev has been in…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmost: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization\n\nThe early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before\n&mdev->dev has been in…","severity":"none","published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68249","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3509c748e79435d09e730673c8c100b7f0ebc87c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af0eedbdb4df7936bf43a28e31af232744d2620","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb8fbc0aa542af5bf0fed94fa6b0edf18144f95","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d851f746067b8ee5bac9c262f326ace0a6ea253","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8cc9e5fcb0e2eef21513a4fec888f5712cb8162","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2be44882716dc3589fbc5572cc13f88ead6b24","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c400410fe0580dd6118ae8d60287ac9ce71a65fd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00191,"epssPercentile":0.0813,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.466Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68249","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmost: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization\n\nThe early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before\n&mdev->dev has been initialized with device_initialize(). Calling\nput_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up\ninvoking kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized\nkobject.\n\nIn this path the private struct was only kmalloc'ed and the intended\nrelease is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead\nof calling put_device() on an uninitialized device.\n\nThis removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization error path.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}