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        "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:18:36.816Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:49:41.415Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:17:23.236Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new()\n\nInject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails,\nbut the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name\nallocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling\nput_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function\nkobject_cleanup().\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88810152ad20 (size 8):\n  comm \"modprobe\", pid 252, jiffies 4294849206 (age 22.713s)\n  hex dump (first 8 bytes):\n    68 77 73 69 6d 30 00 ff                          hwsim0..\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000009c3504ed>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1b0\n    [<00000000c0228a5e>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x140\n    [<00000000cff8c21f>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180\n    [<0000000055a1e073>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150\n    [<000000000a80b139>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0"
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