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CVE-2026-22987
published 2026-01-23

CVE-2026-22987: 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…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.10%
1.1th percentile
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.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 84a7d6797e6a03705e6b48c613fa424662049d87 < 67550a1130b647bb0d093c9c0a810c69aa6a30a867550a1130b647bb0d093c9c0a810c69aa6a30a8
linuxlinux>= 84a7d6797e6a03705e6b48c613fa424662049d87 < adb25a46dc0a43173f5ea5f5f58fc8ba28970c7cadb25a46dc0a43173f5ea5f5f58fc8ba28970c7c
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.17 < 6.18.66.18.6
ubuntulinux-azure-6.17
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.17
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.17
ubuntulinux-oem-6.17
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.17
ubuntulinux-realtime-6.17

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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