GHSA-8R55-JH7V-855P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-23 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix reference count leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp()
syzbot is reporting
unregister_netdevice: waiting for sit0 to become free. Usage count = 2
problem. A debug printk() patch found that a refcount is obtained at xdp_convert_md_to_buff() from bpf_prog_test_run_xdp().
According to commit ec94670fcb3b ("bpf: Support specifying ingress via xdp_md context in BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN"), the refcount obtained by xdp_convert_md_to_buff() will be released by xdp_convert_buff_to_md().
Therefore, we can consider that the error handling path introduced by commit 1c1949982524 ("bpf: introduce frags support to bpf_prog_test_run_xdp()") forgot to call xdp_convert_buff_to_md().
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-22994"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-23T16:15:55Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix reference count leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp()\n\nsyzbot is reporting\n\n unregister_netdevice: waiting for sit0 to become free. Usage count = 2\n\nproblem. A debug printk() patch found that a refcount is obtained at\nxdp_convert_md_to_buff() from bpf_prog_test_run_xdp().\n\nAccording to commit ec94670fcb3b (\"bpf: Support specifying ingress via\nxdp_md context in BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN\"), the refcount obtained by\nxdp_convert_md_to_buff() will be released by xdp_convert_buff_to_md().\n\nTherefore, we can consider that the error handling path introduced by\ncommit 1c1949982524 (\"bpf: introduce frags support to\nbpf_prog_test_run_xdp()\") forgot to call xdp_convert_buff_to_md().",
"id": "GHSA-8r55-jh7v-855p",
"modified": "2026-07-14T15:31:33Z",
"published": "2026-01-23T18:31:29Z",
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