CVE-2026-22994

high

Description

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().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-23

Updated: 2026-01-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High