{"id":"CVE-2026-98016","revision":"1fa83b82a5a84afe8c591cb00ef93d89","records":[{"revision":"1fa83b82a5a84afe8c591cb00ef93d89","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-98016","aliases":[],"title":"net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()\n\nConcurrent teardown of TC sample rules sharing the same restore\ncontext may re-read restore->count after dropping restore_lock.\nAt that point another thread may already have completed cleanup and\nfreed the restore object.\n\nUse the result of the refcount decrement while holding restore_lock to\ndetermine whether cleanup is needed.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-25T10:23:38.316+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T09:12:21.604+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor 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\"lessThan\": \"308e1cbb0d9712081f90860fe839ccb47bc196ee\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"8267e46d14e847e80e0aebe366d348e8a484a619\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"3efd1a1938cbb33c53b0d75e55b6c0fe2ebad79a\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd\",\n      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\"version\": \"5.15.222\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.189\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.158\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.111\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.53\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.2.7\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n              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