net/sched: cls_u32: fix duplicate handle when node ID pool is exhausted (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_u32: fix duplicate handle when node ID pool is exhausted gen_new_kid() falls back to returning max (htid | 0xFFF) when both idr_alloc_u32() ranges are full, instead of reporting an error. u32_change() trusts that value and inserts a new knode with a handle that is already live in the hash table, breaking handle uniqueness within the table's node ID space. The handle was never reserved in ht->handle_idr, so every later error path that does idr_remove(&ht->handle_idr, handle) removes the reservation of a different, live knode, which is then reused — one failed add compounds into further duplicates. The 4095 limit is per (table, bucket) — ht->handle_idr is per hash table and the range is derived from htid (bucketid), so a table with divisor 256 can legitimately hold 256*4095 knodes. The sibling helper gen_new_htid() has the same silent in-band failure: it returns 0 when the tp_c handle pool (1..0x7FF) is full, and u32_init() publishes the root hash table with handle 0 without checking. Two root tables with handle 0 alias in u32_lookup_ht(), allowing cross-tcf_proto knode add/lookup/delete. Add the same exhaustion check that the divisor path already has. Return an error so u32_change() fails with ENOSPC/ENOMEM when the node ID space is exhausted, and so u32_init() fails with -ENOMEM when the hash table ID space is exhausted. The extack message distinguishes pool exhaustion (-ENOSPC) from a transient allocation failure (-ENOMEM). Conditions to recreate the bug: - CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y, CONFIG_CLS_U32=y (or =m with module loaded) - Create a clsact qdisc on a device, then add 4095 u32 filters with auto-generated handles to fill the node ID space for the root hash table (single bucket). The 4096th auto-handle filter add triggers the duplicate handle (fh 800::fff reused). Reachable at Level 2 (unshare -Urn, namespace-local CAP_NET_ADMIN). - For gen_new_htid: create 2047 u32 proto entries on the same block to fill the tp_c handle pool, then create one more. The root table gets handle 0 and aliases with other handle-0 root tables.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ee13ed7f7b22dcd8287fcf477ae37bd84567da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84223baf21bc9b008444ae9bc38d5fb91fe00b9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6890e28840bae4f6805e8de981c4ec8e12a4e064
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feab9261b537df4ebb8350e4779bc185373059fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f594f04268d01c5fdc975f3f51fc219ea2159ac6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e7e98d23f42a92d9ab7e36302bd96bd9b33b5f
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-86935
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-98104
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b < f4ee13ed7f7b22dcd8287fcf477ae37bd84567da ; affected 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b < 84223baf21bc9b008444ae9bc38d5fb91fe00b9d ; affected 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b < 6890e28840bae4f6805e8de981c4ec8e12a4e064 ; affected 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b < feab9261b537df4ebb8350e4779bc185373059fd ; affected 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b < f594f04268d01c5fdc975f3f51fc219ea2159ac6 ; affected 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b < d7e7e98d23f42a92d9ab7e36302bd96bd9b33b5f |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.16 ; unaffected 0 < 3.16 ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.111 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.53 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |