Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98908
net: microchip: sparx5: clean up PSFP resources on flower setup failure
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: microchip: sparx5: clean up PSFP resources on flower setup failure
sparx5_tc_flower_psfp_setup() allocates PSFP stream gate, flow meter and
stream filter resources before adding VCAP actions. If a later step
fails, the resources allocated earlier in the function are not unwound.
Add error paths to release the stream filter, flow meter and stream gate
when setup fails after they have been acquired.
Also make sparx5_psfp_fm_add() return the acquired flow-meter id before
the existing-flow-meter early return. When an existing flow meter is
reused, sparx5_psfp_fm_get() increments its pool reference count, but the
caller previously kept psfp_fmid as 0. If a later setup step failed, the
error path could try to delete flow-meter id 0 instead of the reused flow
meter, leaving the incremented reference behind.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
6ebf182bfdf15bd58ebcf6760b06458694e0fad2 before a7625d408f7f0535c2b0f05d53231d6496acd48b; 6ebf182bfdf15bd58ebcf6760b06458694e0fad2 before a46ea3f7ee0d3ad3d5e92043232b293be2a305d3; 6ebf182bfdf15bd58ebcf6760b06458694e0fad2 before 640c1bd8d359ad34817f5afec0872985e87b49ec; 6ebf182bfdf15bd58ebcf6760b06458694e0fad2 before 46e50367338702abe3df661df7795bdada40fef7; 6.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98908
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98908
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46e50367338702abe3df661df7795bdada40fef7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640c1bd8d359ad34817f5afec0872985e87b49ec
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a46ea3f7ee0d3ad3d5e92043232b293be2a305d3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7625d408f7f0535c2b0f05d53231d6496acd48b
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