CVE-2026-98009 PUBLISHED

net/sched: ets: clamp quantum in parse and fallback paths

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

net/sched: ets: clamp quantum in parse and fallback paths

ets_qdisc_change() falls back to psched_mtu() with no floor for bands without an explicit quantum. With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len reaches ~2 GiB, so a zero psched_mtu on a headerless device makes the deficit-refill loop spin under the qdisc lock.

Move the floor into ets_quantum_parse() so explicitly configured quanta are also clamped to [256, 1<<20], not just the fallback path.

Conditions to recreate the bug: CONFIG_NET_SCH_ETS=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via unshare -Urn suffices).

tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root ets bands 3 strict 2 quanta 1 1

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 to 99ae477b892e203a37985ebc56f0063e072f7f4b (excl.)
  • affected from dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 to 8f80b113dea0bed3c1a31a4224b72775cd9ec52d (excl.)
  • affected from dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 to de22c30ec5598aca8797f02082d2ee1358dfa3ff (excl.)
  • affected from dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 to 1c38487f46b243bfeefec0c0c86023a3904f2214 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.6 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.6 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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