HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-23413
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CVE-2026-23413

Published: April 2, 2026· Updated: Apr 3, 2026

EPSS:0.02%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:4.6th

Official Description

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

clsact: Fix use-after-free in init/destroy rollback asymmetry

Fix a use-after-free in the clsact qdisc upon init/destroy rollback asymmetry.

The latter is achieved by first fully initializing a clsact instance, and

then in a second step having a replacement failure for the new clsact qdisc

instance. clsact_init() initializes ingress first and then takes care of the

egress part. This can fail midway, for example, via tcf_block_get_ext(). Upon

failure, the kernel will trigger the clsact_destroy() callback.

Commit 1cb6f0bae504 ("bpf: Fix too early release of tcx_entry") details the

way how the transition is happening. If tcf_block_get_ext on the q->ingress_block

ends up failing, we took the tcx_miniq_inc reference count on the ingress

side, but not yet on the egress side. clsact_destroy() tests whether the

{ingress,egress}_entry was non-NULL. However, even in midway failure on the

replacement, both are in fact non-NULL with a valid egress_entry from the

previous clsact instance.

What we really need to test for is whether the qdisc instance-specific ingress

or egress side previously got initialized. This adds a small helper for checking

the miniq initialization called mini_qdisc_pair_inited, and utilizes that upon

clsact_destroy() in order to fix the use-after-free scenario. Convert the

ingress_destroy() side as well so both are consistent to each other.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-23413 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

Affected Vendors & Products

Mentioned vendors (from description):
Linux
CPE data not yet available in NVD for this CVE.

Exploit & PoC Resources

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Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-23413
SeverityNONE
CISA KEVNo
EPSS (30d)0.02%
PublishedApr 2, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
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