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CVE-2026-23437

5.5 medium SSVC exploitation: none Modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: shaper: protect late read accesses to the hierarchy We look up a netdev during prep of Netlink ops (pre- callbacks) and take a ref to it. Then later in the body of the callback we take its lock or RCU which are the actual protections. This is not proper, a conversion from a ref to a locked netdev must include a liveness check (a check if the netdev hasn't been unregistered already). Fix the read cases (those under RCU). Writes needs a separate change to protect from creating the hierarchy after flush has already run.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 2

  1. CwesCWE-662NVD modified 2026-10-19 19:17
  2. First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 15:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 9

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 3