{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-63981","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-19T07:54:57.025Z","datePublished":"2026-07-19T14:56:04.580Z","dateUpdated":"2026-07-19T14:56:04.580Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-07-19T14:56:04.580Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_mirred: Fix blockcast recursion bypass leading to stack overflow\n\ntcf_mirred_act() checks sched_mirred_nest against MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT (4)\nto prevent deep recursion.  However, when the action uses blockcast\n(tcfm_blockid != 0), the function returns at the tcf_blockcast() call\nBEFORE reaching the counter increment.  As a result, the recursion\ncounter never advances and the limit check is entirely bypassed.\n\nWhen two devices share a TC egress block with a mirred blockcast rule,\na packet egressing on device A is mirrored to device B via blockcast;\ndevice B's egress TC re-enters tcf_mirred_act() via blockcast and\nmirrors back to A, creating an unbounded recursion loop:\n\n  tcf_mirred_act -> tcf_blockcast -> tcf_mirred_to_dev -> dev_queue_xmit\n  -> sch_handle_egress -> tcf_classify -> tcf_mirred_act -> (repeat)\n\nThis recursion continues until the kernel stack overflows.\n\nThe bug is reachable from an unprivileged user via\nunshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET): user namespaces grant\nCAP_NET_ADMIN in the new network namespace, which is sufficient to\ncreate dummy devices, attach clsact qdiscs with shared blocks, and\ninstall mirred blockcast filters.\n\n BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at ffffc90000b7fff8\n Oops: stack guard page: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n CPU: 2 UID: 1000 PID: 169 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc7-next-20260410\n RIP: 0010:xas_find+0x17/0x480\n Call Trace:\n  xa_find+0x17b/0x1d0\n  tcf_mirred_act+0x640/0x1060\n  tcf_action_exec+0x400/0x530\n  basic_classify+0x128/0x1d0\n  tcf_classify+0xd83/0x1150\n  tc_run+0x328/0x620\n  __dev_queue_xmit+0x797/0x3100\n  tcf_mirred_to_dev+0x7b1/0xf70\n  tcf_mirred_act+0x68a/0x1060\n  [repeating ~30+ times until stack overflow]\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt\n\nFix this by incrementing sched_mirred_nest before calling\ntcf_blockcast() and decrementing it on return, mirroring the\nnon-blockcast path.  This ensures subsequent recursive entries see the\nupdated counter and are correctly limited by MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/sched/act_mirred.c"],"versions":[{"version":"906736728cea480a85803c67fafb1b0e78491922","lessThan":"25fc9352590f5ef21ebf290432bd768b336693bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fe946a751d9b52b7c45ca34899723b314b79b249","lessThan":"34457de389fb64a01fdcc71177dfebe65fd2d362","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fe946a751d9b52b7c45ca34899723b314b79b249","lessThan":"a005fa5d7502eefec7ee6e1c01adadc06de2f9ad","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/sched/act_mirred.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.12","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","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":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.12"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25fc9352590f5ef21ebf290432bd768b336693bc"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34457de389fb64a01fdcc71177dfebe65fd2d362"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a005fa5d7502eefec7ee6e1c01adadc06de2f9ad"}],"title":"net/sched: act_mirred: Fix blockcast recursion bypass leading to stack overflow","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}