CVE-2026-98017

net/sched: defer qdisc freeing after failed creation

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: defer qdisc freeing after failed creation An RTM_NEWQDISC request can make clsact bind a populated shared ingress block during ->init(), publishing an embedded mini_Qdisc to lockless readers. If the same request has an invalid TCA_RATE, estimator setup fails after ->init(); the unwind removes the pointer but synchronously frees its containing qdisc while tc_run() may still hold it. Retire failed qdiscs through the same RCU helper as normal destruction. Inline the synchronous free into the callback now that no direct callers remain.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.1651ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25
Vendor states this is fixed in 156a3bab69744e9225bb9eff8c5cc53da18d5a2e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 20bf6fa34b345333971bd4464a322cce87b83f4e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5bfe927c5b4b290fad529186218c728589b4b101 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a1b49bb9fdf9e8e7aa38e8cd635c0cc4074447d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 96a27a3e64e7c87abade03fb2ad04ed66992a89a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e6662f2100f8d33b0f4d0047c219efd6bba186ea (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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