Bug 2541171 (CVE-2026-98016) - CVE-2026-98016 kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()
Summary: CVE-2026-98016 kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_p...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98016
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:54 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 20:27 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:54:28 UTC
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.


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