kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

CVE-2026-74740

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network scheduler net/sched: actapi. A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use TOCTOU race condition exists where a pointer can be cleared between two reads. This allows a concurrent operation to cause a NULL dereference, potentially leading to a system crash and Denia...

AZL-97746 CVE-2026-74740 affecting package kernel 6.6.150.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: actapi: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-gotochain tcfactionexec handles TCACTGOTOCHAIN by first checking rcuaccesspointera-gotochain and then calling tcfactiongotochainexec, which does a second, independent...

CVE-2026-74740

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: actapi: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-gotochain tcfactionexec handles TCACTGOTOCHAIN by first checking rcuaccesspointera-gotochain and then calling tcfactiongotochainexec, which does a second, independent...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74740

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: actapi: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-gotochain tcfactionexec handles TCACTGOTOCHAIN by first checking rcuaccesspointera-gotochain and then calling tcfactiongotochainexec, which does a second, independent...

CVE-2026-74740

CVE-2026-74740 is a TOCTOU (time-of-check-time-of-use) NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's net/sched: act_api subsystem. When handling TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN, tcf_action_exec() performs an initial rcu_access_pointer(a->goto_chain) check, then calls tcf_action_goto_chain_exec() which perf...

CVE-2026-74740 net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: actapi: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-gotochain tcfactionexec handles TCACTGOTOCHAIN by first checking rcuaccesspointera-gotochain and then calling tcfactiongotochainexec, which does a second, independent...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-74740

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net/sched: actapi: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-gotochain tcfactionexec handles TCACTGOTOCHAIN by first checking rcuaccesspointera-gotochain and then calling...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2026:54482)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:54482 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: net/sched: actapi: use RCU with deferr...

kernel: net/sched: act_api: use RCU with deferred freeing for action lifecycle

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler. A race condition, which is a problem that occurs when multiple operations try to access the same resource at the same time, exists when network filter operations are run concurrently. This can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability,...

CVE-2024-40995

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: actapi: fix possible infinite loop in tcfidrcheckalloc syzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnllock 1 A reproducer is available in the syzbot bug. When a request to add multiple actions with the same index is sent, t...