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CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count

Base Incomplete

The product uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly updates the reference count.

Source: MITRE CWE-911

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  • Critical 9.8

    Text::CSV_XS versions from 1.46 before 1.65 for Perl have a use-after-free of bind_columns variables when skip_empty_rows skips an empty line in getline

    Text::CSV_XS versions from 1.46 before 1.65 for Perl have a use-after-free of bind_columns variables when skip_empty_rows skips an empty line in getline. With bind_columns, the parser writes each field into the caller's own scalar without taking a reference t…

  • Medium 5.9

    Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a use-after-free (and potential double free) of a conflux object when a recovery leg re…

  • High 8.8

    Jail reference count underflow

    When the JAIL_AT_DESC flag is specified, kern_jail_set() and kern_jail_get() released the reference to the caller's current prison before looking up the jail descriptor. If the descriptor lookup failed, error-handling paths released the same reference a secon…

  • Low 2.3

    Mullvad wireguard.sys IOCTL AdapterState reference count

    A vulnerability was identified in Mullvad wireguard.sys 0.10.1. The affected element is the function AdapterState of the component IOCTL Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper update of reference count. Local access is required to approach this attack. …

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-52943 Public exploit

    net: skbuff: fix missing zerocopy reference in pskb_carve helpers

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skbuff: fix missing zerocopy reference in pskb_carve helpers pskb_carve_inside_header() and pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear() both copy the old skb_shared_info header into a new buffer via m…

  • Critical 9.3
    CVE-2026-46316 Public exploit

    KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Drop the translation cache reference only for the erased entry

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Drop the translation cache reference only for the erased entry vgic_its_invalidate_cache() walks the per-ITS translation cache with xa_for_each() and drops the cache's r…

  • High 8.1

    net: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels seg6_input_core() and rpl_input() call ip6_route_input() which sets a NOREF dst on the skb, then pass it to dst_cache_set_ip6() invoking…

  • Medium 6.9

    Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance

    NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the jostle logic that could defeat its purpose and degrade resolution performance. Retransmits of the same query could renew the age of slow running queries and not allow the jostle …

  • Medium 4.4

    Grub2: fs/hfs+: refcount can be decremented twice

    A flaw was found in grub2. When failing to mount an HFS+ grub, the hfsplus filesystem driver doesn't properly set an ERRNO value. This issue may lead to a NULL pointer access.

  • High 7.8

    GPU DDK - Security: Reference count overflow in pvr_sync_rollback_export_fence

    Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to trigger use-after-free kernel exceptions.

  • Critical 9.8

    umtx Kernel panic or Use-After-Free

    Concurrent removals of certain anonymous shared memory mappings by using the UMTX_SHM_DESTROY sub-request of UMTX_OP_SHM can lead to decreasing the reference count of the object representing the mapping too many times, causing it to be freed too early. A mali…

  • High 7.1

    iommu/arm-smmu: Fix arm_smmu_device refcount leak when arm_smmu_rpm_get fails

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu: Fix arm_smmu_device refcount leak when arm_smmu_rpm_get fails arm_smmu_rpm_get() invokes pm_runtime_get_sync(), which increases the refcount of the "smmu" even though the retu…

  • High 7.8

    Kernel: vmwgfx: reference count issue leads to use-after-free in surface handling

    The reference count changes made as part of the CVE-2023-33951 and CVE-2023-33952 fixes exposed a use-after-free flaw in the way memory objects were handled when they were being used to store a surface. When running inside a VMware guest with 3D acceleration …

  • Medium 4.4

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netdevsim device driver, within the scheduling of events. This issue results fro…

  • Medium 4.4

    aufs: improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method

    It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

  • High 7.5

    This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Unified…

  • High 7.5

    Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series: Memory leak due to receipt of specially crafted SIP calls

    An Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type vulnerability in the handling of SIP calls in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series platforms allows an attacker to cause a memory leak leading to Denial of Services (DoS). This issue occurs on all …

  • Medium 5.9

    An issue was discovered in the Linux Kernel from 4.18 to 4.19, an improper update of sock reference in TCP pacing can l…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2022-29581 Public exploit

    Improper Update of Reference Count vulnerability in net/sched of Linux Kernel allows local attacker to cause privilege …

  • High 7.5

    Junos OS Evolved: Specific packets reaching the RE lead to a counter overflow and eventually a crash

    An Improper Update of Reference Count vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to trigger a counter overflow, eventually causing a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue affects Juniper Ne…