CVE-2026-22987

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.3%
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 (3)
linux/Kernel 6.17.0 - 6.18.6linux
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