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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-53011

net/sched: taprio: fix use-after-free in advance_sched() on schedule switch

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: taprio: fix use-after-free in advance_sched() on schedule switch In advance_sched(), when should_change_schedules() returns true, switch_schedules() is called to promote the admin schedule to oper. switch_schedules() queues the old oper schedule for RCU freeing via call_rcu(), but 'next' still points into an entry of the old oper schedule. The subsequent 'next->end_time = end_time' and rcu_assign_pointer(q->current_entry, next) are use-after-free. Fix this by selecting 'next' from the new oper schedule immediately after switch_schedules(), and using its pre-calculated end_time. setup_first_end_time() sets the first entry's end_time to base_time + interval when the schedule is installed, so the value is already correct. The deleted 'end_time = sched_base_time(admin)' assignment was also harmful independently: it would overwrite the new first entry's pre-calculated end_time with just base_time.

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

  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < a8fc396519ef4f081bc545e88f61241728bb78d7affected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < 3471874578160a28c171a607fa069f24062634b8affected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < 7256996e1ef553716817f3bfd077c2f3b48b582faffected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < eee072fe16c646190d33ae69c9983d8de1562bf8affected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < 1bd286fa3e21200133478ed523cc6a2788baf38aaffected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < b73235da5dde77ed1264f9767b62c28c9d71fd78affected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < 0e62171df8ed4804d00db088f17eed06468233faaffected
  • a3d43c0d56f1b94e74963a2fbadfb70126d92213 to < 105425b1969c5affe532713cfac1c0b320d7ac2baffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.2affected
  • 0 to < 5.2unaffected
  • 5.10.258 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.209 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.175 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.141 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.91 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.33 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.10 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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