CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-52984

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's net/sched: netem subsystem, a vulnerability was found where the queue limit check only counted packets in the internal tfifo, ignoring packets placed in sch->q by the reorder path (__qdisc_enqueue_head). This allowed the total queue occupancy to exceed sch->limit during reordering.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of network queue overflow, potentially leading to packet loss, performance degradation, or system instability.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that includes sch->q.qlen in the queue limit check immediately.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: netem: fix queue limit check to include reordered packets The queue limit check in netem_enqueue() uses q->t_len which only counts packets in the internal tfifo. Packets placed in sch->q by the reorder path (__qdisc_enqueue_head) are not counted, allowing the total queue occupancy to exceed sch->limit under reordering. Include sch->q.qlen in the limit check.

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