CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90248
- 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: cls_api: fix teardown of an adopted proto on insert-race loss
In tc_new_tfilter() the create branch sets tp_created = 1 before calling
tcf_chain_tp_insert_unique(). When the caller loses the race (another
request inserted a proto at the same chain/prio first), insert_unique()
destroys the caller's own tp_new and returns the winner's proto with an
extra reference. tp_created was never cleared, so the loser's errout
path treated the winner's live proto as its own and called
tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty() on it, silently unlinking an active
classifier that the winning request already advertised via
RTM_NEWTFILTER.
Track the outcome of the insert step in a single tri-state variable so
each errout path reacts correctly:
- TP_NOT_CREATED: no proto created; pursue the old path.
- TP_CREATED: proto inserted successfully; same code path as before.
- TP_NOT_OWNED: New - lost the insert race; tp is another request's proto
(chain ref already released by tp_new's destroy)
Both errout reactions are single expressions derived from the state.
This fix is motivated by the Sashiko's automated review of Patch
(net/sched: cls_api: Always acquire rtnl_lock when destroying locked
classifiers) [1][2]. The review identified the silent-unlink behaviour of
an adopted proto's teardown when a request loses the
tcf_chain_tp_insert_unique() race.
[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260801125632.360365-1-jhs%40mojatatu.com
[2] https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/20260801125632.360365-1-jhs%40mojatatu.com
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/219c87aeefdcc8c1caf28cc99e9b361ce7393d3a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a68e664ddf16ecae6d769d6a2eb356f8abab75c9 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbe2fd6d77df630356185406a97317f6aa6a92cf git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee2208276c8e0e40a249ffdcf6e5434a79a847c git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4e359b3608a0e184bbe8d61a5c3b50d0831c44a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc8b33b819cb02a75936940c120aa669ad89942d git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df02b6dc136af45e92ee4c86f4aa6c9a60790b1e git.kernel.org