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Medium 5.5Published Jan 31, 2026

CVE-2026-23024idpf: fix memory leak of flow steer list on rmmod

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix memory leak of flow steer list on rmmod The flow steering list maintains entries that are added and removed as ethtool creates and deletes flow steering rules. Module removal with active entries causes memory leak as the list is not properly cleaned up. Prevent this by iterating through the remaining entries in the list and freeing the associated memory during module removal. Add a spinlock (flow_steer_list_lock) to protect the list access from multiple threads.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from ada3e24b84a097b27a823f1ad98e5b2e8c979689 before 1aedff70a5e97628eaaf17b169774cb6a45a1dc5; from ada3e24b84a097b27a823f1ad98e5b2e8c979689 before f9841bd28b600526ca4f6713b0ca49bf7bb98452
CNA record
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 6.17.1 before 6.18.6; 6.17; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 2 more ranges
NVD

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References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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