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().
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38 Patch
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 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 6
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368569bc546d3368ee9980ba79fc42fdff9a3365 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/737be05a765761d7d7c9f7fe92274bd8e6f6951e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98676ee71fd4eafeb8be63c7f3f1905d40e03101 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec69daabe45256f98ac86c651b8ad1b2574489a7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9ef40cccdbacce36029b305d0ef1e12e4fea38 Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html