CVE-2026-43090

EUVD-2026-27590
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 2%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.12 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.83
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.24
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.14
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc6
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc7
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.174-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.257-1
fixed
forky
7.0.12-2
fixed
sid
7.0.13-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.94-1
fixed
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
bpftool6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-livepatch-6.12.83-113.160
Amazon Linux 2023
1:1.0-0.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-livepatch-6.18.25-55.108
Amazon Linux 2023
1:1.0-0.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-headers
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-modules-extra
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-tools
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-tools-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-headers
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-modules-extra
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023
fixed