{"cve":"CVE-2026-98016","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:30.040","modified":"2026-10-19T10:17:55.230","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()\n\nConcurrent teardown of TC sample rules sharing the same restore\ncontext may re-read restore->count after dropping restore_lock.\nAt that point another thread may already have completed cleanup and\nfreed the restore object.\n\nUse the result of the refcount decrement while holding restore_lock to\ndetermine whether cleanup is needed.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1daecd76ab9e5f055fe3970462410ad1d40bd177","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/308e1cbb0d9712081f90860fe839ccb47bc196ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3efd1a1938cbb33c53b0d75e55b6c0fe2ebad79a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72324da8eeca269db9196c2a555abf72eb0385c5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8267e46d14e847e80e0aebe366d348e8a484a619"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98016","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06641,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}