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Message-ID: <2026012127-CVE-2026-22976-55e1@gregkh> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:57:28 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org> Subject: CVE-2026-22976: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix NULL deref when deactivating inactive aggregate in qfq_reset From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org> Description =========== In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix NULL deref when deactivating inactive aggregate in qfq_reset `qfq_class->leaf_qdisc->q.qlen > 0` does not imply that the class itself is active. Two qfq_class objects may point to the same leaf_qdisc. This happens when: 1. one QFQ qdisc is attached to the dev as the root qdisc, and 2. another QFQ qdisc is temporarily referenced (e.g., via qdisc_get() / qdisc_put()) and is pending to be destroyed, as in function tc_new_tfilter. When packets are enqueued through the root QFQ qdisc, the shared leaf_qdisc->q.qlen increases. At the same time, the second QFQ qdisc triggers qdisc_put and qdisc_destroy: the qdisc enters qfq_reset() with its own q->q.qlen == 0, but its class's leaf qdisc->q.qlen > 0. Therefore, the qfq_reset would wrongly deactivate an inactive aggregate and trigger a null-deref in qfq_deactivate_agg: [ 0.903172] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 0.903571] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 0.903860] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [ 0.904177] PGD 10299b067 P4D 10299b067 PUD 10299c067 PMD 0 [ 0.904502] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 0.904737] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 135 Comm: exploit Not tainted 6.19.0-rc3+ #2 NONE [ 0.905157] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 0.905754] RIP: 0010:qfq_deactivate_agg (include/linux/list.h:992 (discriminator 2) include/linux/list.h:1006 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1367 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1393 (discriminator 2)) [ 0.906046] Code: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 48 89 70 18 8b 4b 10 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff 48 8b 78 08 48 d3 e2 48 21 f2 48 2b 13 48 8b 30 48 d3 ea 8b 4b 18 0 Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 je 0x153 6: 48 89 70 18 mov %rsi,0x18(%rax) a: 8b 4b 10 mov 0x10(%rbx),%ecx d: 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffffffffffff,%rdx 14: 48 8b 78 08 mov 0x8(%rax),%rdi 18: 48 d3 e2 shl %cl,%rdx 1b: 48 21 f2 and %rsi,%rdx 1e: 48 2b 13 sub (%rbx),%rdx 21: 48 8b 30 mov (%rax),%rsi 24: 48 d3 ea shr %cl,%rdx 27: 8b 4b 18 mov 0x18(%rbx),%ecx ... [ 0.907095] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a39a0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 0.907368] RAX: ffff8881043a0880 RBX: ffff888102953340 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 0.907723] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 0.908100] RBP: ffff888102952180 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 0.908451] R10: ffff8881043a0000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888102952000 [ 0.908804] R13: ffff888102952180 R14: ffff8881043a0ad8 R15: ffff8881043a0880 [ 0.909179] FS: 000000002a1a0380(0000) GS:ffff888196d8d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 0.909572] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 0.909857] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102993002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0 [ 0.910247] PKRU: 55555554 [ 0.910391] Call Trace: [ 0.910527] <TASK> [ 0.910638] qfq_reset_qdisc (net/sched/sch_qfq.c:357 net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1485) [ 0.910826] qdisc_reset (include/linux/skbuff.h:2195 include/linux/skbuff.h:2501 include/linux/skbuff.h:3424 include/linux/skbuff.h:3430 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1036) [ 0.911040] __qdisc_destroy (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1076) [ 0.911236] tc_new_tfilter (net/sched/cls_api.c:2447) [ 0.911447] rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958) [ 0.911663] ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6861) [ 0.911894] netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550) [ 0.912100] netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344) [ 0.912296] ? __alloc_skb (net/core/skbuff.c:706) [ 0.912484] netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894) [ 0.912682] sock_write_iter (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:1195 (discriminator 1)) [ 0.912880] vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:593 fs/read_write.c:686) [ 0.913077] ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:738) [ 0.913252] do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) [ 0.913438] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131) [ 0.913687] RIP: 0033:0x424c34 [ 0.913844] Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb bd 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d 2d 44 09 00 00 74 13 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 9 Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 89 02 mov %eax,(%rdx) 2: 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffffffffffff,%rax 9: eb bd jmp 0xffffffffffffffc8 b: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 cs nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 12: 00 00 00 15: 90 nop 16: f3 0f 1e fa endbr64 1a: 80 3d 2d 44 09 00 00 cmpb $0x0,0x9442d(%rip) # 0x9444e 21: 74 13 je 0x36 23: b8 01 00 00 00 mov $0x1,%eax 28: 0f 05 syscall 2a: 09 .byte 0x9 [ 0.914807] RSP: 002b:00007ffea1938b78 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ 0.915197] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000424c34 [ 0.915556] RDX: 000000000000003c RSI: 000000002af378c0 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 0.915912] RBP: 00007ffea1938bc0 R08: 00000000004b8820 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 0.916297] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffea1938d28 [ 0.916652] R13: 00007ffea1938d38 R14: 00000000004b3828 R15: 0000000000000001 [ 0.917039] </TASK> [ 0.917158] Modules linked in: [ 0.917316] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 0.917484] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 0.917717] RIP: 0010:qfq_deactivate_agg (include/linux/list.h:992 (discriminator 2) include/linux/list.h:1006 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1367 (discriminator 2) net/sched/sch_qfq.c:1393 (discriminator 2)) [ 0.917978] Code: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 48 89 70 18 8b 4b 10 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff 48 8b 78 08 48 d3 e2 48 21 f2 48 2b 13 48 8b 30 48 d3 ea 8b 4b 18 0 Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 0f 84 4d 01 00 00 je 0x153 6: 48 89 70 18 mov %rsi,0x18(%rax) a: 8b 4b 10 mov 0x10(%rbx),%ecx d: 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffffffffffff,%rdx 14: 48 8b 78 08 mov 0x8(%rax),%rdi 18: 48 d3 e2 shl %cl,%rdx 1b: 48 21 f2 and %rsi,%rdx 1e: 48 2b 13 sub (%rbx),%rdx 21: 48 8b 30 mov (%rax),%rsi 24: 48 d3 ea shr %cl,%rdx 27: 8b 4b 18 mov 0x18(%rbx),%ecx ... [ 0.918902] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a39a0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 0.919198] RAX: ffff8881043a0880 RBX: ffff888102953340 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 0.919559] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 0.919908] RBP: ffff888102952180 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 0.920289] R10: ffff8881043a0000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888102952000 [ 0.920648] R13: ffff888102952180 R14: ffff8881043a0ad8 R15: ffff8881043a0880 [ 0.921014] FS: 000000002a1a0380(0000) GS:ffff888196d8d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 0.921424] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 0.921710] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102993002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0 [ 0.922097] PKRU: 55555554 [ 0.922240] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 0.922590] Kernel Offset: disabled The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2026-22976 to this issue. Affected and fixed versions =========================== Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 5.10.248 with commit 6116a83ec167d3ab1390cded854d237481f41b63 Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 5.15.198 with commit 0809c4bc06c9c961222df29f2eccfd449304056f Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 6.1.161 with commit cdb24200b043438a144df501f1ebbd926bb1a2c7 Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 6.6.121 with commit 11bf9134613f6c71fc0ff36c5d8d33856f6ae3bb Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 6.12.66 with commit 43497313d0da3e12b5cfcd97aa17bf48ee663f95 Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 6.18.6 with commit 51ffd447bc37bf1a5776b85523f51d2bc69977f6 Issue introduced in 3.0 with commit 0545a3037773512d3448557ba048cebb73b3e4af and fixed in 6.19-rc5 with commit c1d73b1480235731e35c81df70b08f4714a7d095 Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported kernel versions by the kernel community. Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to older supported kernel versions. The official CVE entry at https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2026-22976 will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most up to date information about this issue. Affected files ============== The file(s) affected by this issue are: net/sched/sch_qfq.c Mitigation ========== The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes. Individual changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel release. Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or supported by the Linux kernel community at all. If however, updating to the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this issue can be found at these commits: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6116a83ec167d3ab1390cded854d237481f41b63 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0809c4bc06c9c961222df29f2eccfd449304056f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdb24200b043438a144df501f1ebbd926bb1a2c7 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11bf9134613f6c71fc0ff36c5d8d33856f6ae3bb https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43497313d0da3e12b5cfcd97aa17bf48ee663f95 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ffd447bc37bf1a5776b85523f51d2bc69977f6 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1d73b1480235731e35c81df70b08f4714a7d095
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