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CVE-2026-98104

Linux: net/sched: cls_u32: fix duplicate handle when node ID pool is exhausted

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.21%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in84223baf21bc9b008444ae9bc38d5fb91fe00b9dAlso 6890e28840bae4f6805e8de981c4ec8e12a4e064CVE List
Published25 Sep 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 84223baf21bc9b008444ae9bc38d5fb91fe00b9dLinuxCVE List
  • 6890e28840bae4f6805e8de981c4ec8e12a4e064LinuxCVE List

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Description

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

net/sched: cls_u32: fix duplicate handle when node ID pool is exhausted

gen_new_kid() falls back to returning max (htid | 0xFFF) when both idr_alloc_u32() ranges are full, instead of reporting an error. u32_change() trusts that value and inserts a new knode with a handle that is already live in the hash table, breaking handle uniqueness within the table's node ID space.

The handle was never reserved in ht->handle_idr, so every later error path that does idr_remove(&ht->handle_idr, handle) removes the reservation of a different, live knode, which is then reused — one failed add compounds into further duplicates.

The 4095 limit is per (table, bucket) — ht->handle_idr is per hash table and the range is derived from htid (bucketid), so a table with divisor 256 can legitimately hold 256*4095 knodes.

The sibling helper gen_new_htid() has the same silent in-band failure: it returns 0 when the tp_c handle pool (1..0x7FF) is full, and u32_init() publishes the root hash table with handle 0 without checking. Two root tables with handle 0 alias in u32_lookup_ht(), allowing cross-tcf_proto knode add/lookup/delete. Add the same exhaustion check that the divisor path already has.

Return an error so u32_change() fails with ENOSPC/ENOMEM when the node ID space is exhausted, and so u32_init() fails with -ENOMEM when the hash table ID space is exhausted. The extack message distinguishes pool exhaustion (-ENOSPC) from a transient allocation failure (-ENOMEM).

Conditions to recreate the bug:

  • CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y, CONFIG_CLS_U32=y (or =m with module loaded)
  • Create a clsact qdisc on a device, then add 4095 u32 filters with

auto-generated handles to fill the node ID space for the root hash table (single bucket). The 4096th auto-handle filter add triggers the duplicate handle (fh 800::fff reused). Reachable at Level 2 (unshare -Urn, namespace-local CAP_NET_ADMIN).

  • For gen_new_htid: create 2047 u32 proto entries on the same block

to fill the tp_c handle pool, then create one more. The root table gets handle 0 and aliases with other handle-0 root tables.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 14

  • Linuxaffected: 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b before f4ee13ed7f7b22dcd8287fcf477ae37bd84567daCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b before 84223baf21bc9b008444ae9bc38d5fb91fe00b9dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b before 6890e28840bae4f6805e8de981c4ec8e12a4e064CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b before feab9261b537df4ebb8350e4779bc185373059fdCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b before f594f04268d01c5fdc975f3f51fc219ea2159ac6CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7801db8aec957fa6610efe0ee26a6c8bc0f1d73b before d7e7e98d23f42a92d9ab7e36302bd96bd9b33b5fCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3.16CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 3.16CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.1.189 through 6.1.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.158 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.111 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.53 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.7 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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