{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-23270","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:45.991Z","datePublished":"2026-03-18T17:54:43.803Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:03:36.964Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:03:36.964Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks\n\nAs Paolo said earlier [1]:\n\n\"Since the blamed commit below, classify can return TC_ACT_CONSUMED while\nthe current skb being held by the defragmentation engine. As reported by\nGangMin Kim, if such packet is that may cause a UaF when the defrag engine\nlater on tries to tuch again such packet.\"\n\nact_ct was never meant to be used in the egress path, however some users\nare attaching it to egress today [2]. Attempting to reach a middle\nground, we noticed that, while most qdiscs are not handling\nTC_ACT_CONSUMED, clsact/ingress qdiscs are. With that in mind, we\naddress the issue by only allowing act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress\nqdiscs and shared blocks. That way it's still possible to attach act_ct to\negress (albeit only with clsact).\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/674b8cbfc385c6f37fb29a1de08d8fe5c2b0fbee.1771321118.git.pabeni@redhat.com/\n[2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/cc6bfb4a-4a2b-42d8-b9ce-7ef6644fb22b@ovn.org/"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["include/net/act_api.h","net/sched/act_ct.c","net/sched/cls_api.c"],"versions":[{"version":"172ba7d46c202e679f3ccb10264c67416aaeb1c4","lessThan":"bc4e5bb529823a09f02dbe96169de679a9db26e0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0b5b831122fc3789fff75be433ba3e4dd7b779d4","lessThan":"fb3c380a54e33d1fd272cc342faa906d787d7ef1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"73f7da5fd124f2cda9161e2e46114915e6e82e97","lessThan":"5a110ddcc99bda77a28598b3555fe009eaab3828","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6","lessThan":"524ce8b4ea8f64900b6c52b6a28df74f6bc0801e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6","lessThan":"380ad8b7c65ea7aa10ef2258297079ed5ac1f5b6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6","lessThan":"9deda0fcda5c1f388c5e279541850b71a2ccfcf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3f14b377d01d8357eba032b4cabc8c1149b458b6","lessThan":"11cb63b0d1a0685e0831ae3c77223e002ef18189","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f5346df0591d10bc948761ca854b1fae6d2ef441","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["include/net/act_api.h","net/sched/act_ct.c","net/sched/cls_api.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.203","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.167","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.130","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.77","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.18","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.8","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15.148","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.203"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.1.75","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.167"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.130"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.77"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.18"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc4e5bb529823a09f02dbe96169de679a9db26e0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3c380a54e33d1fd272cc342faa906d787d7ef1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a110ddcc99bda77a28598b3555fe009eaab3828"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524ce8b4ea8f64900b6c52b6a28df74f6bc0801e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380ad8b7c65ea7aa10ef2258297079ed5ac1f5b6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9deda0fcda5c1f388c5e279541850b71a2ccfcf4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11cb63b0d1a0685e0831ae3c77223e002ef18189"}],"title":"net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}