CVE-2026-97616 (GCVE-0-2026-97616)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-25 10:22
Modified
2026-10-21 12:53
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_api: release all action references on NEWACTION failure When a batched RTM_NEWACTION request replaces an existing action, tcf_idr_check_alloc() takes a temporary reference on it. If a later action fails to initialize, tcf_action_destroy() uses strict release semantics to clean up the actions initialized so far. For an action bound to a filter, the strict check returns -EPERM without dropping the temporary reference. This error also makes tcf_action_destroy() return before releasing subsequent entries. Any new action initialized between the bound action and the failing entry is leaked together with its reserved IDR slot, preventing reuse of its index. Use tcf_idr_release() to drop each reference held by the batch without rejecting bound actions. This allows cleanup to continue through all initialized entries and preserves the module reference release when an action is destroyed. Explicit action deletion and flushing retain their separate bind-count checks.
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Linux Linux Version: 55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4
Version: 55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4
Version: 55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4
Version: 55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4
Version: 55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4
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