CVE-2026-23024

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23024
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23024.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23024
Downstream
Published
2026-01-31T11:39:07.604Z
Modified
2026-02-09T19:34:29.715869Z
Summary
idpf: fix memory leak of flow steer list on rmmod
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: fix memory leak of flow steer list on rmmod

The flow steering list maintains entries that are added and removed as ethtool creates and deletes flow steering rules. Module removal with active entries causes memory leak as the list is not properly cleaned up.

Prevent this by iterating through the remaining entries in the list and freeing the associated memory during module removal. Add a spinlock (flowsteerlist_lock) to protect the list access from multiple threads.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23024.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
ada3e24b84a097b27a823f1ad98e5b2e8c979689
Fixed
1aedff70a5e97628eaaf17b169774cb6a45a1dc5
Fixed
f9841bd28b600526ca4f6713b0ca49bf7bb98452

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.16
v6.16-rc7
v6.17
v6.17-rc1
v6.17-rc2
v6.17-rc3
v6.17-rc4
v6.17-rc5
v6.17-rc6
v6.17-rc7
v6.18
v6.18-rc1
v6.18-rc2
v6.18-rc3
v6.18-rc4
v6.18-rc5
v6.18-rc6
v6.18-rc7
v6.18.1
v6.18.2
v6.18.3
v6.18.4
v6.18.5
v6.19-rc1
v6.19-rc2
v6.19-rc3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23024.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.17.0
Fixed
6.18.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23024.json"