GHSA-F72G-GJ5H-9P7F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: sch_codel: Do not call qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog during peek before restoring qlen
Whenever codel drops packets during peek, it calls qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog. An issue arises because it calls qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog before it reincrements the qlen. If qlen drops to zero, but peek returns an skb, the parent's qlen_notify callback will be executed even though codel still has 1 packet on the queue and, thus, will mistakenly deactivate the parent's class causing issues like a wild memory access when qfq has codel as a child:
[ 36.339843][ T370] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xfbd59c0000000024: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 36.340408][ T370] KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead000000000120-0xdead000000000127] [ 36.340737][ T370] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 370 Comm: tc Not tainted 7.1.0-rc5-00287-g66e13b626592 #87 PREEMPT(full) [ 36.341113][ T370] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 [ 36.341357][ T370] RIP: 0010:qfq_deactivate_agg (include/linux/list.h:1029 (discriminator 2) include/linux/list.h:1043 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1369 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1395 (discriminator 2)) sch_qfq [ 36.342221][ T370] RSP: 0018:ffff8881100ef370 EFLAGS: 00010216 [ 36.342422][ T370] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881058a9568 RCX: dffffc0000000000 [ 36.342664][ T370] RDX: 1ffff11021064dc3 RSI: ffff888108326e00 RDI: dffffc0000000000 [ 36.342905][ T370] RBP: ffff8881058a8280 R08: dead000000000122 R09: 1bd5a00000000024 [ 36.343140][ T370] R10: fffffbfff2940329 R11: fffffbfff2940329 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 36.343383][ T370] R13: dead000000000100 R14: ffff8881058a9580 R15: ffff8881058a9578 [ 36.343631][ T370] FS: 00007fc04b0ca780(0000) GS:ffff888184fef000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 36.343911][ T370] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 36.344116][ T370] CR2: 0000557c02c02000 CR3: 000000010e0ba000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 [ 36.344359][ T370] PKRU: 55555554 [ 36.344481][ T370] Call Trace: ... [ 36.345054][ T370] qfq_reset_qdisc (net/sched/sch_qfq.c:357 net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1487) sch_qfq [ 36.345222][ T370] qdisc_reset (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1057) [ 36.345503][ T370] __qdisc_destroy (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1096) [ 36.345677][ T370] qdisc_graft (net/sched/sch_api.c:1062 net/sched/sch_api.c:1053 net/sched/sch_api.c:1159) [ 36.346335][ T370] tc_get_qdisc (net/sched/sch_api.c:1528 net/sched/sch_api.c:1556)
Fix this by only calling qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog in peek after the qlen is restored.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-74267"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:22:26Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: sch_codel: Do not call qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog during peek before restoring qlen\n\nWhenever codel drops packets during peek, it calls\nqdisc_tree_reduce_backlog. An issue arises because it calls\nqdisc_tree_reduce_backlog before it reincrements the qlen. If qlen drops\nto zero, but peek returns an skb, the parent\u0027s qlen_notify callback will\nbe executed even though codel still has 1 packet on the queue and, thus,\nwill mistakenly deactivate the parent\u0027s class causing issues like a wild\nmemory access when qfq has codel as a child:\n\n[ 36.339843][ T370] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xfbd59c0000000024: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n[ 36.340408][ T370] KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead000000000120-0xdead000000000127]\n[ 36.340737][ T370] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 370 Comm: tc Not tainted 7.1.0-rc5-00287-g66e13b626592 #87 PREEMPT(full)\n[ 36.341113][ T370] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\n[ 36.341357][ T370] RIP: 0010:qfq_deactivate_agg (include/linux/list.h:1029 (discriminator 2) include/linux/list.h:1043 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1369 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1395 (discriminator 2)) sch_qfq\n[ 36.342221][ T370] RSP: 0018:ffff8881100ef370 EFLAGS: 00010216\n[ 36.342422][ T370] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881058a9568 RCX: dffffc0000000000\n[ 36.342664][ T370] RDX: 1ffff11021064dc3 RSI: ffff888108326e00 RDI: dffffc0000000000\n[ 36.342905][ T370] RBP: ffff8881058a8280 R08: dead000000000122 R09: 1bd5a00000000024\n[ 36.343140][ T370] R10: fffffbfff2940329 R11: fffffbfff2940329 R12: 0000000000000000\n[ 36.343383][ T370] R13: dead000000000100 R14: ffff8881058a9580 R15: ffff8881058a9578\n[ 36.343631][ T370] FS: 00007fc04b0ca780(0000) GS:ffff888184fef000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 36.343911][ T370] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 36.344116][ T370] CR2: 0000557c02c02000 CR3: 000000010e0ba000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\n[ 36.344359][ T370] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 36.344481][ T370] Call Trace:\n...\n[ 36.345054][ T370] qfq_reset_qdisc (net/sched/sch_qfq.c:357 net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1487) sch_qfq\n[ 36.345222][ T370] qdisc_reset (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1057)\n[ 36.345503][ T370] __qdisc_destroy (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1096)\n[ 36.345677][ T370] qdisc_graft (net/sched/sch_api.c:1062 net/sched/sch_api.c:1053 net/sched/sch_api.c:1159)\n[ 36.346335][ T370] tc_get_qdisc (net/sched/sch_api.c:1528 net/sched/sch_api.c:1556)\n\nFix this by only calling qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog in peek after the\nqlen is restored.",
"id": "GHSA-f72g-gj5h-9p7f",
"modified": "2026-08-17T06:33:34Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74267"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f1da34c9f4d5bdc1e8b44242da5c7ba8db85f3"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755108bb7a5083e911294c416cfea605dc75632f"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a05af7f58566682b73578b72ca8e53a268c43bd"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e0a793a72374c20ab31a40ccec21373e82e973"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb9cfd874ee884117b33e92a002b9a45b48202f4"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4615aa6bb7802944ae790cb4b3ef8c1b7491af3"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c6dbadf139cb14ea6ed14add6ed6e88504dedd"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eba49fd85995a3851c597fa2d214f8d21736e1d8"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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