An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linux, debian, netappNVD modified 2026-10-14 18:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 25
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_a250_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_a250_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_500f_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_500f_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h615c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 14
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0007/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0007/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-419740.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html