{"cve":"CVE-2026-99167","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-28T11:17:37.173","modified":"2026-10-28T11:17:37.173","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: fix use-after-free in __tcf_action_put()\n\n__tcf_action_put() decrements the reference count before decrementing the\nbinding count. Another thread can free the action between these operations,\ncausing the binding-count update to access freed memory. KASAN reports it\nas:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __tcf_action_put+0x327/0x340\n  Write of size 4 at addr ff11000000d46420 by task tc-put-pause/64\n\nHold the action IDR mutex across both counter updates and IDR removal,\nkeeping cleanup outside the lock.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2465d27ef90de9105c2bffb6c35f8ce08918e642","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e012e431aa271ef3c84206f48854f539c03bff0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b16eb911091aae237a8673da94e4dfb9cd21d54"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-28T11:37:51.394563875+00:00"},"epss":null,"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."]}