CVE-2026-98012

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98012
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98012.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98012
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-09-25T10:23:35Z
Modified
2026-10-09T17:27:03Z
Summary
net/sched: sfq: clamp quantum in change path
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: sfq: clamp quantum in change path

sfq_change() accepts any non-negative quantum (only rejects (int)ctl->quantum < 0). With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len reaches ~2 GiB, so quantum=1 makes the deficit-refill loop spin ~2^31 times under the qdisc lock (a soft lockup / denial of service).

Add max(256U, ...) matching fq_codel_change(). Reject quantum > 1<<20 with -EINVAL, matching fq_codel_change() and the init clamp.

Conditions to recreate the bug: CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFQ=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via unshare -Urn suffices).

tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root sfq tc qdisc change dev dummy0 root sfq quantum 1 stab data 32768 size_log 15 cell_log 0

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98012.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4919649699c5f4dbae08b8e2ed536fc9d6c3c2aa
Fixed
4117c528b2de5fdc3e4a7e3626815b616a635cdc
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
548cf048b426729a7a1fa6acd1271c010c9a7380
Fixed
f82fa6f10d4a69322cad0f7a4aa523ce6292a5a0
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
c49ac48fac51a6a54efd5963954d02bacf075085
Fixed
0692ce5a528df450d64e9f819054177e9d91076f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
58ae7465f0e7113d45aa88a66bf2d203c71c195e
Fixed
e4192bcf83aaab02129644ddf4656fd86e93751f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
82bd38bd5467ece1ee274b493f51326cf5220a5a
Fixed
f3820dce042a673fcb28cc31c87ee14257e21a17
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e4650d7ae4252f67e997a632adfae0dd74d3a99a
Fixed
534cd7ecbbc6e8a974f4003a5c1557439c6e0a72
Fixed
e6c1cb728e389354203a72bc77464c222a247aeb
Fixed
fb9f88a33c516ea5c0bcd9a22ca288b246b34567
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.10.239
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.15.186
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.1.129
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.6.76
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.12.13
Fixed
6.12.111
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.4.297
Fixed
5.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
843cacb88f42f426973f1ed11c6fb562558efb27

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.10.239
v5.10.240
v5.10.241
v5.10.242
v5.10.243
v5.10.244
v5.10.245
v5.10.246
v5.10.247
v5.10.248
v5.10.249
v5.10.250
v5.10.251
v5.10.252
v5.10.253
v5.10.254
v5.10.255
v5.10.256
v5.10.257
v5.10.258
v5.10.259
v5.10.260
v5.10.261
v5.10.262
v5.10.263
v5.10.264
v5.10.265
v5.10.266
v5.10.267
v5.10.268
v5.10.269
v5.10.270
v5.15.186
v5.15.187
v5.15.188
v5.15.189
v5.15.190
v5.15.191
v5.15.192
v5.15.193
v5.15.194
v5.15.195
v5.15.196
v5.15.197
v5.15.198
v5.15.199
v5.15.200
v5.15.201
v5.15.202
v5.15.203
v5.15.204
v5.15.205
v5.15.206
v5.15.207
v5.15.208
v5.15.209
v5.15.210
v5.15.211
v5.15.212
v5.15.213
v5.15.214
v5.15.215
v5.15.216
v5.15.217
v5.15.218
v5.15.219
v5.15.220
v5.15.221
v5.4.297
v5.4.298
v5.4.299
v5.4.300
v5.4.301
v5.4.302
v6.*
v6.1.129
v6.1.130
v6.1.131
v6.1.132
v6.1.133
v6.1.134
v6.1.135
v6.1.136
v6.1.137
v6.1.138
v6.1.139
v6.1.140
v6.1.141
v6.1.142
v6.1.143
v6.1.144
v6.1.145
v6.1.146
v6.1.147
v6.1.148
v6.1.149
v6.1.150
v6.1.151
v6.1.152
v6.1.153
v6.1.154
v6.1.155
v6.1.156
v6.1.157
v6.1.158
v6.1.159
v6.1.160
v6.1.161
v6.1.162
v6.1.163
v6.1.164
v6.1.165
v6.1.166
v6.1.167
v6.1.168
v6.1.169
v6.1.170
v6.1.171
v6.1.172
v6.1.173
v6.1.174
v6.1.175
v6.1.176
v6.1.177
v6.1.178
v6.1.179
v6.1.180
v6.1.181
v6.1.182
v6.1.183
v6.1.184
v6.1.185
v6.1.186
v6.1.187
v6.1.188
v6.12.100
v6.12.101
v6.12.102
v6.12.103
v6.12.104
v6.12.105
v6.12.106
v6.12.107
v6.12.108
v6.12.109
v6.12.110
v6.12.13
v6.12.14
v6.12.15
v6.12.16
v6.12.17
v6.12.18
v6.12.19
v6.12.20
v6.12.21
v6.12.22
v6.12.23
v6.12.24
v6.12.25
v6.12.26
v6.12.27
v6.12.28
v6.12.29
v6.12.30
v6.12.31
v6.12.32
v6.12.33
v6.12.34
v6.12.35
v6.12.36
v6.12.37
v6.12.38
v6.12.39
v6.12.40
v6.12.41
v6.12.42
v6.12.43
v6.12.44
v6.12.45
v6.12.46
v6.12.47
v6.12.48
v6.12.49
v6.12.50
v6.12.51
v6.12.52
v6.12.53
v6.12.54
v6.12.55
v6.12.56
v6.12.57
v6.12.58
v6.12.59
v6.12.60
v6.12.61
v6.12.62
v6.12.63
v6.12.64
v6.12.65
v6.12.66
v6.12.67
v6.12.68
v6.12.69
v6.12.70
v6.12.71
v6.12.72
v6.12.73
v6.12.74
v6.12.75
v6.12.76
v6.12.77
v6.12.78
v6.12.79
v6.12.80
v6.12.81
v6.12.82
v6.12.83
v6.12.84
v6.12.85
v6.12.86
v6.12.87
v6.12.88
v6.12.89
v6.12.90
v6.12.91
v6.12.92
v6.12.93
v6.12.94
v6.12.95
v6.12.96
v6.12.97
v6.12.98
v6.12.99
v6.6.100
v6.6.101
v6.6.102
v6.6.103
v6.6.104
v6.6.105
v6.6.106
v6.6.107
v6.6.108
v6.6.109
v6.6.110
v6.6.111
v6.6.112
v6.6.113
v6.6.114
v6.6.115
v6.6.116
v6.6.117
v6.6.118
v6.6.119
v6.6.120
v6.6.121
v6.6.122
v6.6.123
v6.6.124
v6.6.125
v6.6.126
v6.6.127
v6.6.128
v6.6.129
v6.6.130
v6.6.131
v6.6.132
v6.6.133
v6.6.134
v6.6.135
v6.6.136
v6.6.137
v6.6.138
v6.6.139
v6.6.140
v6.6.141
v6.6.142
v6.6.143
v6.6.144
v6.6.145
v6.6.146
v6.6.147
v6.6.148
v6.6.149
v6.6.150
v6.6.151
v6.6.152
v6.6.153
v6.6.154
v6.6.155
v6.6.156
v6.6.157
v6.6.76
v6.6.77
v6.6.78
v6.6.79
v6.6.80
v6.6.81
v6.6.82
v6.6.83
v6.6.84
v6.6.85
v6.6.86
v6.6.87
v6.6.88
v6.6.89
v6.6.90
v6.6.91
v6.6.92
v6.6.93
v6.6.94
v6.6.95
v6.6.96
v6.6.97
v6.6.98
v6.6.99

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98012.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.111
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.53
Fixed
7.2.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98012.json"