In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_api: release...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: act_api: release tail references on DELACTION failure
A batched RTM_DELACTION request takes a temporary reference on each action before attempting any deletion. tcf_action_delete() clears each processed slot and drops its temporary reference before attempting the deletion. If deletion fails, tca_action_gd() calls tcf_action_put_many() to release the remaining references, but its tcf_act_for_each_action() iterator stops at the first NULL slot.
When a batch stops at an action bound to a filter, this leaks a reference on each subsequent action. A later delete of an unbound action can then return success without removing it from the IDR.
Walk the full array in tcf_action_put_many() and skip NULL slots to release the references held on the unprocessed actions.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98235
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be63e4579af408d596f0f3165faf1a880631d3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b477e46ef2df3483f3488cc713c61c4b384aab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e05e46fa821a5c1b281355f1f622ac76cb6080a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eaba16f1b6ee19b249e6afd82c27f958d441458
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gfh-v7wp-gcg2