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CVE-2026-99112

Linux: net/sched: cls_flower: validate mask pointer after nla_next()

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
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ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in45e60747a9db2307929260d9aa9c1c6cbb70ee77Also 5.11CVE List
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

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Description

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

net/sched: cls_flower: validate mask pointer after nla_next()

fl_set_enc_opt() iterates the key's nested tunnel-option attributes with nla_for_each_attr() while advancing a single mask pointer via nla_next() at the bottom of each loop, so the mask cursor is driven by the number of key attributes rather than by the mask's own attributes. The nla_ok() added by commit c96adff956191 ("cls_flower: call nla_ok() before nla_next()") only validates the mask pointer that was just consumed; the pointer produced by nla_next() is used by the next iteration (fl_set_geneve_opt() and siblings) without any validation.

The mask's nested attributes are validated with NL_VALIDATE_LIBERAL, which merely warns on trailing bytes that do not form a complete attribute. A mask carrying one valid attribute plus 1-3 residue bytes (or a non-aligned attribute length making msk_depth negative) therefore reaches the next iteration with msk_depth != 0, so neither the !msk_depth check in fl_set_enc_opt() nor the !depth check in the per-type helpers fires. nla_type() then reads past the mask payload and nla_parse_nested_deprecated() iterates with an nla_len taken from those bytes, reading well beyond the mask attribute (KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds read in __nla_validate_parse from fl_change()).

Validate the advanced mask pointer as well: when the mask is not legitimately exhausted (msk_depth != 0) and the new pointer fails nla_ok(), reject the filter with -EINVAL. An exactly exhausted mask still skips the check, preserving exact-match behaviour for the remaining key attributes.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 10

  • Linuxaffected: c96adff95619178e2118925578343ad54857c80c before 45e60747a9db2307929260d9aa9c1c6cbb70ee77CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: c96adff95619178e2118925578343ad54857c80c before bb187146c7e5c666874784e4f3fc1bc5126e6e92CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: c96adff95619178e2118925578343ad54857c80c before fee10655709c5c597e8e9f722f3035d9ea31ff3aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 238b5ebdb6a6e4bc90810b9f8ec0063b3dfda41aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 5.10.11 before 5.11CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 5.11CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 5.11CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.59 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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