CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98857
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipvs: bound LBLCR and LBLC cache growth
ip_vs_lblcr_new() and ip_vs_lblc_new() create cache entries for
every previously unseen destination address. The table max_size only
tells the periodic collector to reclaim entries after the cache has
already exceeded the limit. It does not reclaim entries that the
attacker continues to use.
Reject new cache entries once either table reaches max_size * 3 / 2.
The extra headroom lets the periodic collector catch up while the
existing scheduler fallback continues to use the selected destination
when cache creation fails. New traffic therefore stays serviceable
without growing the tables further.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c83c047ecfaf226ad81d45d77fa11a3184d0e4 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a3c3de660f96865f303fd25f1285f2ffbfd521d git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31028d7b970962fbeda1e9131405c76551094300 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6316d17324bd4ca400c26adb7b656c6e3447c209 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc9ff8e64771cc32a216953fe615386f46ac1eaa git.kernel.org