net/sched: drr: clamp quantum in change class (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-98010
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: drr: clamp quantum in change class drr_change_class() rejects explicit quantum==0 but falls back to psched_mtu() with no floor. With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len reaches ~2 GiB, so quantum=1 (or a zero psched_mtu on a headerless device) makes the deficit-refill loop spin under the qdisc lock. Add clamp_t(u32, quantum, 256, 1<<20) after the zero reject and on the fallback path. The explicit-zero reject is preserved. Conditions to recreate the bug: CONFIG_NET_SCH_DRR=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via unshare -Urn suffices). tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root drr tc class add dev dummy0 parent 1: classid 1:1 drr quantum 1

References

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 13d2a1d2b032de08d7dcab6a1edcd47802681f96 < e2297bbf9cf6ece86f1d1f8c683517a994990f9e ; affected 13d2a1d2b032de08d7dcab6a1edcd47802681f96 < 560794ee6e040b6e1c4ac2b3c8909f341a4596ee ; affected 13d2a1d2b032de08d7dcab6a1edcd47802681f96 < 23fea7e6736b2e1c6f6f2f05cccf33d36834da73 ; affected 13d2a1d2b032de08d7dcab6a1edcd47802681f96 < b464affe9f9dfe41ac48930c376e3fb8596651b0 ; affected 13d2a1d2b032de08d7dcab6a1edcd47802681f96 < dc8b374214ef5bba4882bbd95b361e42555cfc0d ; affected 13d2a1d2b032de08d7dcab6a1edcd47802681f96 < d43cded350fe1218493ad3d37a276aff14108ae6
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.29 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.29 ; unaffected 5.10.271 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.222 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD