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    "id": "CVE-2024-40995",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40995",
    "idYear": 2024,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-07-12T12:37:37.791Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:46:46.332Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z",
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      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()\n\nsyzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1]\n\nA reproducer is available in the syzbot bug.\n\nWhen a request to add multiple actions with the same index is sent, the\nsecond request will block forever on the first request. This holds\nrtnl_lock, and causes tasks to hang.\n\nReturn -EAGAIN to prevent infinite looping, while keeping documented\nbehavior.\n\n[1]\n\nINFO: task kworker/1:0:5088 blocked for more than 143 seconds.\nNot tainted 6.9.0-rc4-syzkaller-00173-g3cdb45594619 #0\n\"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\" disables this message.\ntask:kworker/1:0 state:D stack:23744 pid:5088 tgid:5088 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000\nWorkqueue: events_power_efficient reg_check_chans_work\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ncontext_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5409 [inline]\n__schedule+0xf15/0x5d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6746\n__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6823 [inline]\nschedule+0xe7/0x350 kernel/sched/core.c:6838\nschedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:6895\n__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:684 [inline]\n__mutex_lock+0x5b8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752\nwiphy_lock include/net/cfg80211.h:5953 [inline]\nreg_leave_invalid_chans net/wireless/reg.c:2466 [inline]\nreg_check_chans_work+0x10a/0x10e0 net/wireless/reg.c:2481",
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