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CVE-2026-98021

net: reject oversized tx_queue_len at netlink parse time

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: reject oversized tx_queue_len at netlink parse time rtnl_create_link() assigns IFLA_TXQLEN directly to dev->tx_queue_len without going through netif_change_tx_queue_len(), so a device created with "ip link add ... txqueuelen 500000" bypasses the S16_MAX cap and still triggers the oversized ring allocations in pfifo_fast, tun and tap. The veth peer nest (rtnl_nla_parse_ifinfomsg()) and the RTM_NEWLINK-on-existing-device path reach the same sinks. Enforce the cap in ifla_policy instead: IFLA_TXQLEN becomes NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE(NLA_U32, &txqlen_range) with txqlen_range = { .min = 0, .max = S16_MAX }. All netlink consumers parse against this policy - rtnl_setlink(), rtnl_newlink() (create and change), and the veth peer nest - so every netlink path is capped at parse time and rejects the attribute with -ERANGE plus a proper "integer out of range" extack message before any device state is modified (the RTM_SETLINK half-application wart is gone with it). Document the bound in the rt-link.yaml netlink spec. Conditions to recreate the bug: - CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y, CONFIG_VETH=y, CONFIG_USER_NS=y, CONFIG_NET_NS=y. - Unprivileged user in a fresh user+net namespace (unshare -Urn): ip link add v0 txqueuelen 500000 type veth peer name v1 -> on the fixed kernel this is rejected with -ERANGE ("integer out of range" extack) instead of installing an oversized tx_queue_len that later inflates pfifo_fast/tun/tap ring allocations. - ip link set v0 txqueuelen 500000 is likewise rejected at parse 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

  • 38f7b870d4a6a5d3ec21557e849620cb7d032965 to < 26ee5f99ffe7ab98e635071290eff14192e9e34aaffected
  • 38f7b870d4a6a5d3ec21557e849620cb7d032965 to < 45ca9f59b6c7ea70e0a17054902b8a556913db34affected
  • 38f7b870d4a6a5d3ec21557e849620cb7d032965 to < 2fd0880f0272ec022906a05587fd91416ebecc38affected
  • 38f7b870d4a6a5d3ec21557e849620cb7d032965 to < a638a2625aa83160a394abe8e8b2e524a80c771baffected
  • 38f7b870d4a6a5d3ec21557e849620cb7d032965 to < 1aa9e143bf51405665a793d4cc925e1c4f0c5922affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.23affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.23unaffected
  • 6.6.160 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.7 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References