CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-22999

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been fixed in the qfq_change_class() function, which could lead to use-after-free (UAF) errors. The issue was related to improper freeing of an existing class in the event of an error.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks exploiting this vulnerability, potentially leading to unauthorized memory access and system crashes.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and minimize the risk associated with UAF.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class() Fixes qfq_change_class() error case. cl->qdisc and cl should only be freed if a new class and qdisc were allocated, or we risk various UAF.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS