net/sched: fq_pie: clamp quantum in change path
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fq_pie: clamp quantum in change path fq_pie_change() accepts any quantum value from userspace, including 1. 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(). Conditions to recreate the bug: CONFIG_NET_SCH_FQ_PIE=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via unshare -Urn suffices). tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root fq_pie tc qdisc change dev dummy0 root fq_pie quantum 1 stab data 32768 size_log 15 cell_log 0
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98013
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q45-3gcx-v6jh
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@215df1e953ae72a09d425ec188e054058ae23dc9, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff4f3a0f3abd2ded467931d7da7984a68a768e0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749aaebc1eb92ce2f38fd3caf68a2f99686d84ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fd98e56c41f79278eeb67512c28d7abc175bcf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/215df1e953ae72a09d425ec188e054058ae23dc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90fe65b977e7aa9eb302230a09eb18f8c32ceaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c11e3a39807eb5a200445ae9082843ab86800415
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6655b56e2801008566c594ef231f6c7b3f716c61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4864f58c53eb47257d55e01f47d4a9f355f7f970
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98013 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98013 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8q45-3gcx-v6jh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98013 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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