CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-23245

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the net/sched act_gate (gate action) has a race condition where the schedule list can be accessed concurrently during replacement, hrtimer callback, or dump. This can lead to use-after-free or data corruption.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces potential instability in QoS mechanisms relying on time-based gate actions, which may cause unpredictable network traffic behavior or system crashes.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (RCU-protected parameter snapshot). If an update is not feasible, avoid dynamic replacement of act_gate rules in production environments.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_gate: snapshot parameters with RCU on replace The gate action can be replaced while the hrtimer callback or dump path is walking the schedule list. Convert the parameters to an RCU-protected snapshot and swap updates under tcf_lock, freeing the previous snapshot via call_rcu(). When REPLACE omits the entry list, preserve the existing schedule so the effective state is unchanged.

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