CVE-2026-22987
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.17-6.18.6 - NULL Pointer Dereference in tc_act_in_hw
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_api: avoid dereferencing ERR_PTR in tcf_idrinfo_destroy syzbot reported a crash in tc_act_in_hw() during netns teardown where tcf_idrinfo_destroy() passed an ERR_PTR(-EBUSY) value as a tc_action pointer, leading to an invalid dereference. Guard against ERR_PTR entries when iterating the action IDR so teardown does not call tc_act_in_hw() on an error pointer.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
1.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel
6.17.0 - 6.18.6linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.17
Linux/Linux
6.17
Linux/Linux
6.18.6 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux
6.19
Linux/Linux
84a7d6797e6a03705e6b48c613fa424662049d87 - 67550a1130b647bb0d093c9c0a810c69aa6a30a8
Linux/Linux
84a7d6797e6a03705e6b48c613fa424662049d87 - adb25a46dc0a43173f5ea5f5f58fc8ba28970c7c
linux/linux_kernel
6.19 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.17 - 6.18.6
Published
Jan 23, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026