Bug 2516525 (CVE-2026-72022) - CVE-2026-72022 kernel: llc: fix SAP refcount leak in llc_ui_autobind()
Summary: CVE-2026-72022 kernel: llc: fix SAP refcount leak in llc_ui_autobind()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72022
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:17 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 16:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:17:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

llc: fix SAP refcount leak in llc_ui_autobind()

llc_ui_autobind() opens a SAP after choosing a dynamic LSAP.
llc_sap_open() returns a reference owned by the caller, and
llc_sap_add_socket() takes a second reference for the socket's
membership in the SAP hash tables.

llc_ui_bind() drops the caller's reference after adding the socket,
but llc_ui_autobind() keeps it. When the socket is closed,
llc_sap_remove_socket() releases only the socket reference, leaving
the SAP on llc_sap_list with sk_count == 0.

This is user-visible because repeated autobind and close cycles can consume
all dynamic SAP values and make later autobinds fail with -EUSERS.

Drop the caller's reference after a successful autobind, matching
llc_ui_bind()'s ownership model.


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