Not yet scoredPublished Sep 25, 2026

CVE-2026-98016net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:23 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put() Concurrent teardown of TC sample rules sharing the same restore context may re-read restore->count after dropping restore_lock. At that point another thread may already have completed cleanup and freed the restore object. Use the result of the refcount decrement while holding restore_lock to determine whether cleanup is needed.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd before cdf920e44cbbee1900c66f002fb50afee20977d4; from 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd before 308e1cbb0d9712081f90860fe839ccb47bc196ee; from 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd before 8267e46d14e847e80e0aebe366d348e8a484a619; 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd builds before 3efd1a1938cbb33c53b0d75e55b6c0fe2ebad79a; from 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd before 72324da8eeca269db9196c2a555abf72eb0385c5; 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd builds before 1daecd76ab9e5f055fe3970462410ad1d40bd177; from 36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd before af3aef0245abbab5e9f6302e7a7d6407187afb71	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf920e44cbbee1900c66f002fb50afee20977d4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/308e1cbb0d9712081f90860fe839ccb47bc196ee
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8267e46d14e847e80e0aebe366d348e8a484a619
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3efd1a1938cbb33c53b0d75e55b6c0fe2ebad79a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72324da8eeca269db9196c2a555abf72eb0385c5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1daecd76ab9e5f055fe3970462410ad1d40bd177
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af3aef0245abbab5e9f6302e7a7d6407187afb71

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