CVE-2026-22999
High
net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class()
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
January 25, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-22999
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a234660dc70ce45d771cbc76b20d925b73ec160
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a64fb9b47afffeb5dbab5fd3a518e1436dcc90e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362e269bb03f7076ba9990e518aeddb898232e50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3879cffd9d07aa0377c4b8835c4f64b4fb24ac78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff6cd703f41d8071995956142729e4bba160363
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9d8f11652fa08c647bf7bba7dd8163241a332cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f06f7635499bc806cbe2bbc8805c7cef8b1edddf
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22999.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22999