{"id":49708,"date":"2026-04-27T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=49708"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:20:14","slug":"clsact-fix-use-after-free-in-initdestroy-rollback-asymmetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=49708","title":{"rendered":"clsact: Fix use-after-free in init\/destroy rollback asymmetry_CVE-2026-23413"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{&#8220;lastseen&#8221;:&#8221;&#8221;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nclsact: Fix use-after-free in init\/destroy rollback asymmetry\\n\\nFix a use-after-free in the clsact qdisc upon init\/destroy rollback asymmetry.\\nThe latter is achieved by first fully initializing a clsact instance, and\\nthen in a second step having a replacement failure for the new clsact qdisc\\ninstance. clsact_init() initializes ingress first and then takes care of the\\negress part. 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