CVE-2026-22997: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: can: j1939: j1939_xtp_rx_rts_session_active(): deactivate session upon receiving the second rts Since j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next() in j1939_tp_rxtimer() is called only when the timer is enabled, we need to call j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next() if we cancelled the timer. Otherwise, refcount for j1939_session leaks, which will later appear as | unregister_netdevice: waiting for vcan0 to become free. Usage count = 2. problem.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.4, before 5.10.249 (fixed in 5.10.249); from 5.11, before 5.15.199 (fixed in 5.15.199); from 5.16, before 6.1.162 (fixed in 6.1.162); from 6.2, before 6.6.122 (fixed in 6.6.122); from 6.7, before 6.12.67 (fixed in 6.12.67); from 6.13, before 6.18.7 (fixed in 6.18.7); …

Published 2026-01-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.