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HIGHCVE-2026-23270Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-23270: net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks As Paolo said earlier [1]: "Since the blamed commit below, classify can return TC_ACT_CONSUMED while the current skb being held by the defragmentation engine. As reported by GangMin Kim, if such packet is that may cause a UaF when the defrag engine later on tries to tuch again such packet." act_ct was never meant to be used in the egress path, however some users are attaching it to egress today [2]. Attempting to reach a middle ground, we noticed that, while most qdiscs are not handling TC_ACT_CONSUMED, clsact/ingress qdiscs are. With that in mind, we address the issue by only allowing act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks. That way it's still possible to attach act_ct to egress (albeit only with clsact). [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/674b8cbfc385c6f37fb29a1de08d8fe5c2b0fbee.1771321118.git.pabeni@redhat.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/cc6bfb4a-4a2b-42d8-b9ce-7ef6644fb22b@ovn.org/

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CVSS v3.1
7.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

011cb63b0d1a0685e0831ae3c77223e002ef18189380ad8b7c65ea7aa10ef2258297079ed5ac1f5b65.15.203524ce8b4ea8f64900b6c52b6a28df74f6bc0801e5a110ddcc99bda77a28598b3555fe009eaab38286.1.1676.6.1306.86.12.776.18.186.19.87.09deda0fcda5c1f388c5e279541850b71a2ccfcf4bc4e5bb529823a09f02dbe96169de679a9db26e0fb3c380a54e33d1fd272cc342faa906d787d7ef1
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < bc4e5bb529823a09f02dbe96169de679a9db26e0 (from 172ba7d46c202e679f3ccb10264c67416aaeb1c4) · < fb3c380a54e33d1fd272cc342faa906d787d7ef1 (from 0b5b831122fc3789fff75be433ba3e4dd7b779d4) · < 5a110ddcc99bda77a28598b3555fe009eaab3828 (from 73f7da5fd124f2cda9161e2e46114915e6e82e97) · < 524ce8b4ea8f64900b6c52b6a28df74f6bc0801e (from 3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6) · < 380ad8b7c65ea7aa10ef2258297079ed5ac1f5b6 (from 3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6) · < 9deda0fcda5c1f388c5e279541850b71a2ccfcf4 (from 3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6)
  • Linux / Linux
    6.8
    Fixed in 0, 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.18, 6.19.8, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H