CVE-2026-74718: devlink: fix net namespace reference leak in reload
Published Aug 22, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
devlink: fix net namespace reference leak in reload
devlinknlreloaddoit() calls devlinknetnsget(), which returns a net with a held reference. When the requested namespace differs from the current one and the reload action is not DRIVERREINIT, the function returns -EOPNOTSUPP without releasing the reference. Add the missing putnet() on this error path.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Kernel
Event History
Aug 22, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:33 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:33 PM
Description