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

mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Fix port range register leak in tmplt_create()

mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create() parses a flow_cls_offload template
into a stack-local struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info purely to compute
rulei.values.elusage. Parsing can acquire port range registers via
mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_ports_range(), but since this rulei never goes
through mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(), those registers were never
released, including through chain template deletion.

Factor out of mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy() the code to actually
release the necessary resources and call from
mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create() to plug the leak.

The issue was found during a review of Wentao Liang's patch referenced
below.
Published: 2026-10-23
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux linux
Vendors & Products Linux linux

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-772

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Fix port range register leak in tmplt_create() mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create() parses a flow_cls_offload template into a stack-local struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info purely to compute rulei.values.elusage. Parsing can acquire port range registers via mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_ports_range(), but since this rulei never goes through mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(), those registers were never released, including through chain template deletion. Factor out of mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy() the code to actually release the necessary resources and call from mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create() to plug the leak. The issue was found during a review of Wentao Liang's patch referenced below.
Title mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Fix port range register leak in tmplt_create()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-23T12:19:08.043Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.382Z

Link: CVE-2026-98948

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:15.893

Modified: 2026-10-23T13:17:15.893

Link: CVE-2026-98948

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-10-23T16:45:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-401

    Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

  • CWE-772

    Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime