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CVE-2026-31421

net/sched: cls_fw: fix NULL pointer dereference on shared blocks

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_fw: fix NULL pointer dereference on shared blocks The old-method path in fw_classify() calls tcf_block_q() and dereferences q->handle. Shared blocks leave block->q NULL, causing a NULL deref when an empty cls_fw filter is attached to a shared block and a packet with a nonzero major skb mark is classified. Reject the configuration in fw_change() when the old method (no TCA_OPTIONS) is used on a shared block, since fw_classify()'s old-method path needs block->q which is NULL for shared blocks. The fixed null-ptr-deref calling stack: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000038-0x000000000000003f] RIP: 0010:fw_classify (net/sched/cls_fw.c:81) Call Trace: tcf_classify (./include/net/tc_wrapper.h:197 net/sched/cls_api.c:1764 net/sched/cls_api.c:1860) tc_run (net/core/dev.c:4401) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4535 net/core/dev.c:4790)

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < d6d5bd62a09650856e1e2010eb09853eba0d64e1affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < febf64ca79a2d6540ab6e5e197fa0f4f7e84473eaffected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 3d41f9a314afa94b1c7c7c75405920123220e8cdaffected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 18328eff2f97d1a6adcdb6d4a0f42f2f83a31e28affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 5cf41031922c154aa5ccda8bcdb0f5e6226582ecaffected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 3cb055df9e8625ce699a259d8178d67b37f2b160affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 96426c348def662b06bfdc65be3002905604927aaffected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < faeea8bbf6e958bf3c00cb08263109661975987caffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.15affected
  • 0 to < 4.15unaffected
  • 5.10.253 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.203 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.168 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.134 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.81 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.22 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.12 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

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