Bug 2554827 (CVE-2026-98498) - CVE-2026-98498 kernel: net/mlx5: Fix rev_entry reference leak in mlx5_tc_ct_shared_counter_get()
Summary: CVE-2026-98498 kernel: net/mlx5: Fix rev_entry reference leak in mlx5_tc_ct_s...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98498
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 14:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:21:22 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: Fix rev_entry reference leak in mlx5_tc_ct_shared_counter_get()

When the reverse entry is found but its counter is already being
released, refcount_inc_not_zero() fails and the reference taken by
mlx5_tc_ct_entry_get() is never dropped before falling through to
create_counter.  Drop it so the reverse entry is not kept alive forever
by a shared counter lookup that did not use it.


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