net/sched: defer qdisc freeing after failed creation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: defer qdisc freeing after failed creation An RTM_NEWQDISC request can make clsact bind a populated shared ingress block during ->init(), publishing an embedded mini_Qdisc to lockless readers. If the same request has an invalid TCA_RATE, estimator setup fails after ->init(); the unwind removes the pointer but synchronously frees its containing qdisc while tc_run() may still hold it. Retire failed qdiscs through the same RCU helper as normal destruction. Inline the synchronous free into the callback now that no direct callers remain.
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 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 →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjw6-9w8q-rvjv
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@6a1b49bb9fdf9e8e7aa38e8cd635c0cc4074447d +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96a27a3e64e7c87abade03fb2ad04ed66992a89a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1b49bb9fdf9e8e7aa38e8cd635c0cc4074447d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20bf6fa34b345333971bd4464a322cce87b83f4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156a3bab69744e9225bb9eff8c5cc53da18d5a2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfe927c5b4b290fad529186218c728589b4b101
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6662f2100f8d33b0f4d0047c219efd6bba186ea
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wjw6-9w8q-rvjv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98017 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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