# net/sched: act_api: release all action references on NEWACTION failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97616`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97616`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before b7133be1faa35b38f68d78a9f950f1dddf3eb8e5` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before b83a51a83e85411c050c7b16cdc43b331c6565be` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before e469765708b1afa9b9565dbafca09e22ec4edfa7` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before 1b5730a1c7def8993b3feba764008d1ff5c9dcea` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before f908c8a969946a45225fd7f9d9a85771e12ae0a8` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before 64b36eaef6ea5ada9aea4c2cf87099aaa8a4869b` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before 048617743febf6530111cfb594e9bbbd7918bf67` (git)
  - affected: `55334a5db5cd32b207ac697cec3ec8e078f345d4 to before 478eb5abb51931a152abab068f8a717b7ff480fd` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.15`
  - unaffected: `before 3.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97616](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97616)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97616](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97616)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7133be1faa35b38f68d78a9f950f1dddf3eb8e5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b83a51a83e85411c050c7b16cdc43b331c6565be>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e469765708b1afa9b9565dbafca09e22ec4edfa7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b5730a1c7def8993b3feba764008d1ff5c9dcea>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f908c8a969946a45225fd7f9d9a85771e12ae0a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64b36eaef6ea5ada9aea4c2cf87099aaa8a4869b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/048617743febf6530111cfb594e9bbbd7918bf67>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/478eb5abb51931a152abab068f8a717b7ff480fd>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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