CVE-2026-22994
bpf: Fix reference count leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 23, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 13, 2026
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().
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Affected Products
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
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