CVE-2026-22994

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.18-6.1.160, 6.2-6.6.120, 6.7-6.12.65, 6.13-6.18.5 - Reference Count Leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.1.161linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.121linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.66linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 1c194998252469cad00a08bd9ef0b99fd255c260 - 368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365
Linux/Linux 1c194998252469cad00a08bd9ef0b99fd255c260 - 737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e
Linux/Linux 1c194998252469cad00a08bd9ef0b99fd255c260 - 98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101
Linux/Linux 1c194998252469cad00a08bd9ef0b99fd255c260 - ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7
Linux/Linux 1c194998252469cad00a08bd9ef0b99fd255c260 - fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38
... and 8 more
Published Jan 23, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026