CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90074
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: fq_pie: clamp default quantum to avoid signed overflow
fq_pie_init() sets q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)) without
clamping. A device with a huge MTU (e.g. dummy with max_mtu == 0
accepting MTU 2147483634) makes psched_mtu() return 0x80000000, which
overflows the signed flow->deficit to INT_MIN in fq_pie_qdisc_dequeue(),
causing an infinite loop and soft lockup. Emulate fq_pie_policy which
is already bounded to [1, 1 << 20]; clamp the default to [256, 1 << 20].
256 matches fq_codel's floor and is a sane minimum for a DRR quantum.
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044fa2498bbc2900f0c48a6ef2fdd5b2bdfc3795 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f43e4dbc93b7d02761a024d5f895df823c07b72 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/435da3734a8e63d3067016accc977ed1d10aaaa0 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44dad8fe99b58a7fe2961e9eec6a5f07ace5b51f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1be05faecef4c0f9a008200209f66ef2e133f7 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf97fd2163ad1191ef8daa3d4df8372aee19e396 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86cd7ed0b0e44779a3d1683f03e4353baf4bdc9 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7942b2693bc24c7d609a03d06f97bee3b0bd96a git.kernel.org