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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026

CVE-2026-22994

CVE-2026-22994

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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  • Linux/Kernel8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.18,<6.1.161
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 5.18
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 5.18.0, < 6.1.161

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