CVE-2026-97616

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's traffic control action subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) through resource exhaustion. When processing a batched request to replace traffic control actions, an initialization failure causes the cleanup routine to abort prematurely without releasing references for bound actions. Consequently, kernel memory and index slots are leaked, which can prevent further action allocation and degrade system availability.

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