CVE-2026-22994

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().

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-01-23

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38

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