{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97958","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:18:58.205Z","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:23:03.753Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T11:01:01.853Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T11:01:01.853Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: cls_api: Don't replay RTM_GETCHAIN in tc_ctl_chain().\n\nIf a netlink socket sends RTM_GETCHAIN requests repeatedly\nwithout recv()ing the responses, tc_ctl_chain() hogs CPU and\ntriggers Hung Task splat. [0]\n\nAs caught in the stack trace, netlink_attachskb() could confuse\ntc_ctl_chain() by returning -EAGAIN when the userspace netlink\nsocket's receive buffer is full.\n\nThe replay: label exists since commit 32a4f5ecd738 (\"net: sched:\nintroduce chain object to uapi\") but was not used initially.\n\nSince commit 9f407f1768d3 (\"net: sched: introduce chain templates\"),\nthe label is needed for RTM_NEWCHAIN because tcf_proto_lookup_ops()\nmay release RTNL to call request_module().\n\nHowever, the replay logic is unnecessary for RTM_GETCHAIN.\n\nLet's apply the replay logic only for RTM_NEWCHAIN.\n\n[0]:\nINFO: task repro:1018 is blocked on a mutex likely owned by task repro:1022.\ntask:repro           state:R  running task     stack:14096 pid:1022  tgid:1014  ppid:961    task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080000\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? clockevents_program_event (kernel/time/clockevents.c:372)\n ? pskb_expand_head (net/core/skbuff.c:615)\n ? skb_release_data (net/core/skbuff.c:1122)\n ? netlink_attachskb (./include/linux/skbuff.h:1323 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:1332 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1232)\n ? __netlink_lookup (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:882 ./include/linux/rhashtable.h:711 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:499)\n ? tc_chain_notify (net/sched/cls_api.c:3045)\n ? tc_chain_notify (./include/linux/skbuff.h:1384 net/sched/cls_api.c:3041)\n ? netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1335)\n ? rtnl_unicast (./include/net/netlink.h:1198 net/core/rtnetlink.c:985)\n ? tc_ctl_chain (net/sched/cls_api.c:3242)\n ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7146)\n ? netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1354)\n ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7177)\n ? netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2556)\n ? netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319)\n ? netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1900)\n ? __sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:800)\n ? __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2281)\n ? __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2288 net/socket.c:2284 net/socket.c:2284)\n ? do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84)\n ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)\n </TASK>"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/sched/cls_api.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"240251a4ca7cda213103694b6e21c4a5745e5d8b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"9a0f07f7dbd1bfe8c2fd03ad055e9e60a703d5df","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"6558b0d46c5941ed1aa67da8878e224c54239cc5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"96c2fc5daf983af2e0c1256c31e89c1f3f855279","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"a1c2840d95af1fa3d83ba71e23fa0c674a4c6796","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"503ba58481e3ba69d28127d35a39cec529f9670c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"e9ac395bb56122a057d0aa91a6b55d9e3fa37c26","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ed9db3074fcd8d12709fe40ff0e691d74229818","lessThan":"dff39930ad5e53d202bfdfb14687d1d2fd753b4d","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/cls_api.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.271","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.222","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.111","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc3","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":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.271"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.222"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.111"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/240251a4ca7cda213103694b6e21c4a5745e5d8b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a0f07f7dbd1bfe8c2fd03ad055e9e60a703d5df"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6558b0d46c5941ed1aa67da8878e224c54239cc5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96c2fc5daf983af2e0c1256c31e89c1f3f855279"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c2840d95af1fa3d83ba71e23fa0c674a4c6796"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/503ba58481e3ba69d28127d35a39cec529f9670c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9ac395bb56122a057d0aa91a6b55d9e3fa37c26"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dff39930ad5e53d202bfdfb14687d1d2fd753b4d"}],"title":"net/sched: cls_api: Don't replay RTM_GETCHAIN in tc_ctl_chain().","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}