Bug 2477055 (CVE-2026-43481) - CVE-2026-43481 kernel: net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()
Summary: CVE-2026-43481 kernel: net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43481
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-05-13 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-13 16:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-13 16:01:43 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()

genlmsg_reply() hands the reply skb to netlink, and
netlink_unicast() consumes it on all return paths, whether the
skb is queued successfully or freed on an error path.

net_shaper_nl_get_doit() and net_shaper_nl_cap_get_doit()
currently jump to free_msg after genlmsg_reply() fails and call
nlmsg_free(msg), which can hit the same skb twice.

Return the genlmsg_reply() error directly and keep free_msg
only for pre-reply failures.


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