CVE-2026-68286

drop_monitor: perform u64_stats updates under IRQ-disabled section

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Oct 3, 2026
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026

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Description

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

drop_monitor: perform u64_stats updates under IRQ-disabled section

In net_dm_packet_trace_kfree_skb_hit() and net_dm_hw_trap_packet_probe(), u64_stats_update_begin() / u64_stats_inc() / u64_stats_update_end() were called after spin_unlock_irqrestore(&...drop_queue.lock, flags), when local IRQs had already been re-enabled.

Tracepoint probes can execute in IRQ or softirq context. On 32-bit architectures, u64_stats_update_begin() disables preemption but not interrupts, relying on seqcount writes. If a nested interrupt occurs on the same CPU during the 64-bit stats update, the reentrant seqcount update can corrupt the seqcount state or stats value.

Fix this by performing the 64-bit per-CPU stats update before releasing drop_queue.lock via spin_unlock_irqrestore(), ensuring local interrupts remain disabled during the u64_stats update.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c to before dd8472526a04f2185afd792b8041a912a7d75d85Affected
  • e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c to before 3454c729ee8aa682ec871f1b174b047f731933aeAffected
  • e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c to before be9b121894d6ad44f0011f79543a2e3245979497Affected
  • e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c to before 7d857cf5f0120bb0e020fa20b03bd21b9d3e0c04Affected
  • e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c to before d5e2cd2bc8ae36617346b3a54ee9da61d866bf92Affected
  • e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c to before fd098a23bf8fda7eae48db9b06e7c34fc4d228faAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.4Affected
  • before 5.4Not affected
  • 6.1.189 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.111 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.6 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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