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CVE-2026-43481
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()

genlmsg_reply() hands the reply skb to netlink, and
netlink_unicast() consumes it on all return paths, whether the
skb is queued successfully or freed on an error path.

net_shaper_nl_get_doit() and net_shaper_nl_cap_get_doit()
currently jump to free_msg after genlmsg_reply() fails and call
nlmsg_free(msg), which can hit the same skb twice.

Return the genlmsg_reply() error directly and keep free_msg
only for pre-reply failures.

Publication Date May 14, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
Registration Date May 15, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
Last Update May 14, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
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