{"cve":"CVE-2026-22987","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-23T16:15:54.757","modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:39.477","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_api: avoid dereferencing ERR_PTR in tcf_idrinfo_destroy\n\nsyzbot reported a crash in tc_act_in_hw() during netns teardown where\ntcf_idrinfo_destroy() passed an ERR_PTR(-EBUSY) value as a tc_action\npointer, leading to an invalid dereference.\n\nGuard against ERR_PTR entries when iterating the action IDR so teardown\ndoes not call tc_act_in_hw() on an error pointer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67550a1130b647bb0d093c9c0a810c69aa6a30a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb25a46dc0a43173f5ea5f5f58fc8ba28970c7c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:21:16.563232421+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-22987","score":0.0012,"percentile":0.01829,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}