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    CVE-2025-38235

    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.

    Published:Jul 6, 2025
    Last Modified:Nov 18, 2025
    EPS:Jul 6, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00035
    CVSS Score:5.5

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    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel

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