CVE-2026-90072

CVE CVE-2026-90072EUVD EUVD-2026-81933Published 2026-09-17T16:05:52.000Z

What the advisory describes

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sfq: clamp quantum to avoid signed overflow soft lockup sfq_init() sets q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)) (unsigned). A device with a huge MTU (e.g. dummy with max_mtu == 0 accepting MTU 2147483634) makes psched_mtu() return 0x80000000, so slot->allot = INT_MIN and INT_MIN + INT_MIN toggles between INT_MIN and 0 forever, spinning sfq_dequeue() under the qdisc lock. Clamp the quantum to [256, 1 << 20] so the refill loop terminates. The lower bound also covers q->quantum == 0 (psched_mtu() returning 0), which spins sfq_dequeue() identically. sfq_change() already rejects a negative quantum, so only the init path was exposed. Conditions to recreate the bug: a device whose MTU (plus hard_header_len) wraps psched_mtu() into the sign bit (e.g. a dummy device with max_mtu == 0 accepting MTU 2147483634). Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in a user namespace.

Source: EUVD (ENISA), in the words of the advisory.

Products the advisory names

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Linux — Linux patch: 7.2.6; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <9d782c662879c3adaaca30e05c36910ad11b9e54; patch: 5.15.221; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <2017c355a5a1af77736cd1739fe922f69b5652dc; patch: 6.6.157; patch: 6.1.188; 2.6.12; patch: 7.3-rc1; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <aeb8196ecb95146e3410f635628e6cd47352b3e5; patch: 0; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6581a82bf08ba5d4e2a6d4e3080df43315b296c4; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <86799499585af06a9431c9e7782658667bd62650; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <d72dbdfaeb5b9b8d884e0e036c3442754379ef74; patch: 5.10.270; patch: 6.18.52; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <816e90057ab1879562a5b7cc688e35bb9027ae97; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <da16c31517cd2c06bb2c78c73e91ae192c01c426; patch: 6.12.110

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