CVE-2026-98235 PUBLISHED

net/sched: act_api: release tail references on DELACTION failure

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to 9eaba16f1b6ee19b249e6afd82c27f958d441458 (excl.)
  • affected from a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to 1be63e4579af408d596f0f3165faf1a880631d3b (excl.)
  • affected from a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to 57b477e46ef2df3483f3488cc713c61c4b384aab (excl.)
  • affected from a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to 6e05e46fa821a5c1b281355f1f622ac76cb6080a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.54 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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