CVE-2026-46331 PUBLISHED

net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 16.06.2026 Updated: 16.06.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption

tcf_pedit_act() computes the COW range for skb_ensure_writable() once before the key loop using tcfp_off_max_hint, but the hint does not account for the runtime header offset added by typed keys. This can leave part of the write region un-COW'd.

Fix by moving skb_ensure_writable() inside the per-key loop where the actual write offset is known, and add overflow checking on the offset arithmetic. For negative offsets (e.g. Ethernet header edits at ingress), use skb_cow() to COW the headroom instead. Guard offset_valid() against INT_MIN, where negation is undefined.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8b796475fd7882663a870456466a4fb315cc1bd6 to 899ee91156e57784090c5565e4f31bd7dbffbc5a (excl.)
  • Version d0c38a914b0c4c21d553da801003d36979016726 is affected
  • Version 2ec2dd7d51a9320151f275ddbb2b53260fb32ca1 is affected
  • Version abe35bf3be51482593076d516a680d79e5fbc8e1 is affected
  • Version b773640d5bb9e2acfd91e2695717af04d47aa116 is affected
  • Version c19cc520b3d69904e9518d401ad0df7f4702aca0 is affected
  • affected from 4.19.244 to 4.20 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.4.195 to 5.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.10.117 to 5.11 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.15.41 to 5.16 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.17.9 to 5.18 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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