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CVE-2026-22994 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix reference count leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() syzbot is reporting unregister_netdevice: waiting for sit0 to become free. Usage count = 2 problem. A debug printk() patch found that a refcount is obtained at xdp_convert_md_to_buff() from bpf_prog_test_run_xdp(). According to commit ec94670fcb3b ("bpf: Support specifying ingress via xdp_md context in BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN"), the refcount obtained by xdp_convert_md_to_buff() will be released by xdp_convert_buff_to_md(). Therefore, we can consider that the error handling path introduced by commit 1c1949982524 ("bpf: introduce frags support to bpf_prog_test_run_xdp()") forgot to call xdp_convert_buff_to_md().


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38 kernel.org

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-22994
NVD Published Date:
01/23/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/23/2026
Source:
kernel.org