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              "introduced": "36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd"
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          "type": "GIT"
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        "name": "Kernel"
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    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98016.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()\n\nConcurrent teardown of TC sample rules sharing the same restore\ncontext may re-read restore-\u003ecount after dropping restore_lock.\nAt that point another thread may already have completed cleanup and\nfreed the restore object.\n\nUse the result of the refcount decrement while holding restore_lock to\ndetermine whether cleanup is needed.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98016",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:49.183968911Z",
  "published": "2026-09-25T10:23:38.316Z",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1daecd76ab9e5f055fe3970462410ad1d40bd177"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af3aef0245abbab5e9f6302e7a7d6407187afb71"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98016"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()"
}