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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-43090
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Linux
Assigner Org ID-416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-06 May, 2026 | 07:40
Updated At-06 May, 2026 | 07:40
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
xfrm: fix refcount leak in xfrm_migrate_policy_find

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: fix refcount leak in xfrm_migrate_policy_find syzkaller reported a memory leak in xfrm_policy_alloc: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888114d79000 (size 1024): comm "syz.1.17", pid 931 ... xfrm_policy_alloc+0xb3/0x4b0 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:432 The root cause is a double call to xfrm_pol_hold_rcu() in xfrm_migrate_policy_find(). The lookup function already returns a policy with held reference, making the second call redundant. Remove the redundant xfrm_pol_hold_rcu() call to fix the refcount imbalance and prevent the memory leak. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Affected Products
Vendor
Linux Kernel Organization, IncLinux
Product
Linux
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Program Files
  • net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 563d5ca93e883b9dcb4b7dc8967ac569fd91820d before 21e235a36cfb6d145cefb10728f12f5dc5412f54 (git)
  • From 563d5ca93e883b9dcb4b7dc8967ac569fd91820d before 836ee1b0426ea3db31531e9581cc32f513d24e32 (git)
  • From 563d5ca93e883b9dcb4b7dc8967ac569fd91820d before 70c2a89a3bc207c3bfbf6f21bb439809e0a4a27a (git)
  • From 563d5ca93e883b9dcb4b7dc8967ac569fd91820d before 83317cce60a032c49480dcdabe146435bd689d03 (git)
Vendor
Linux Kernel Organization, IncLinux
Product
Linux
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Program Files
  • net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
Default Status
affected
Versions
Affected
  • 6.12
Unaffected
  • From 0 before 6.12 (semver)
  • From 6.12.83 through 6.12.* (semver)
  • From 6.18.24 through 6.18.* (semver)
  • From 6.19.14 through 6.19.* (semver)
  • From 7.0 through * (original_commit_for_fix)
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HyperlinkResource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21e235a36cfb6d145cefb10728f12f5dc5412f54
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/836ee1b0426ea3db31531e9581cc32f513d24e32
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70c2a89a3bc207c3bfbf6f21bb439809e0a4a27a
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83317cce60a032c49480dcdabe146435bd689d03
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Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21e235a36cfb6d145cefb10728f12f5dc5412f54
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/836ee1b0426ea3db31531e9581cc32f513d24e32
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70c2a89a3bc207c3bfbf6f21bb439809e0a4a27a
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83317cce60a032c49480dcdabe146435bd689d03
Resource: N/A
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