CVE-2026-74544
net/sched: cls_u32: validate offshift to prevent shift-out-of-bounds
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: cls_u32: validate offshift to prevent shift-out-of-bounds
u32_change() copies the user-provided tc_u32_sel.offshift (unsigned char, 0-255) into the kernel knode object without bounds validation. When a packet later hits u32_classify() with TC_U32_VAROFFSET set, it evaluates `ntohs(offmask & *data) >> offshift` where the left operand is a 16-bit value promoted to a 32-bit int. Any offshift >= 32 is undefined behavior per C11 6.5.7p3, triggerable by an unprivileged user via user/network namespaces.
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sched/cls_u32.c:236:43 shift exponent 32 is too large for 32-bit type int
Fix this by rejecting offshift >= 16 during filter creation in u32_change().
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fd5b2287e5cf33e114fb7f0cef781a546039757
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/724c8edbacf1259988829cb9967f751222121d8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006a4598da9a6b02e0ddc3ca5042b97224774364
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9990cac513e8b191de2ee589051ea7ebf3cee940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/313cb9ffc4101a885d791facf4b5ea3d5e06144d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef96eead2860cbfa371e4471d4f04412213b958
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