CVE-2026-74718

NameCVE-2026-74718
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: fix net namespace reference leak in reload devlink_nl_reload_doit() calls devlink_netns_get(), which returns a net with a held reference. When the requested namespace differs from the current one and the reload action is not DRIVER_REINIT, the function returns -EOPNOTSUPP without releasing the reference. Add the missing put_net() on this error path.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4788-1, DSA-6466-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bookworm6.1.176-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.187-1fixed
trixie6.12.107-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.111-1fixed
forky, sid7.2.8-1fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)bookworm (security)6.12.111-1~deb12u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye(not affected)
linuxsourcebookworm(not affected)
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.105-1DSA-6466-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.1.9-1
linux-6.12sourcebookworm6.12.107-1~deb12u1DLA-4788-1

Notes

[bookworm] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/1c4dac9bf1d2ac31da63b794bdec697777cbd0fd (7.2-rc7)

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