CVE-2026-43481

Published: Mag 13, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 13, 2026
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Description

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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.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57885276cc16a2e2b76282c808a4e84cbecb3aae
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f7b54242d0abbfce35a55c01322f50962ed3ee
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8738dcc844fff7d0157ee775230e95df3b1884d7