Bug 2540501 (CVE-2026-97440)

Summary:	CVE-2026-97440 kernel: net: qrtr: fix node refcount leak on ctrl packet alloc failure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR) networking subsystem. When processing resume transmission requests, a failure during control packet memory allocation does not properly release an acquired network node reference. A local user could exploit this condition under system memory pressure to cause a reference count leak, leading to resource exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 17:02:34 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: qrtr: fix node refcount leak on ctrl packet alloc failure

qrtr_send_resume_tx() calls qrtr_node_lookup() which takes a
reference on the returned node. If the subsequent call to
qrtr_alloc_ctrl_packet() fails due to memory allocation failure, the
function returns -ENOMEM without calling qrtr_node_release() to
release the node reference.

Add qrtr_node_release(node) before returning on the allocation failure
path to properly release the reference.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-09-29 14:37:57 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97440.mbox