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CVE-2026-31422

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

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_flow: fix NULL pointer dereference on shared blocks flow_change() calls tcf_block_q() and dereferences q->handle to derive a default baseclass. Shared blocks leave block->q NULL, causing a NULL deref when a flow filter without a fully qualified baseclass is created on a shared block. Check tcf_block_shared() before accessing block->q and return -EINVAL for shared blocks. This avoids the null-deref shown below: ======================================================================= KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000038-0x000000000000003f] RIP: 0010:flow_change (net/sched/cls_flow.c:508) Call Trace: tc_new_tfilter (net/sched/cls_api.c:2432) rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6980) [...] =======================================================================

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 < 57f94ac7e953eece5ed4819605a18f3cdfc63dccaffected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 942813276edeb1741fa5b0a73471beb4e495fa08affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < cc707a4fd4c3b6ab2722e06bc359aa010e13d408affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 4a09f72007201c9f667dc47f64517ec23eea65e5affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 9bf5fc36a43f7b8b5507c96e74fb81f1e8b4957eaffected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < a208c3e1232997e9317887294c20008dfcb75449affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 415ea0c973c754b9f375225807810eb9045f4293affected
  • 1abf272022cf1d18469405f47b4ec49c6a3125db to < 1a280dd4bd1d616a01d6ffe0de284c907b555504affected

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

References