CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63982

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the mirred mechanism (net/sched) causes loss of loop state information when redirecting traffic to ingress. As a result, loops between interfaces (e.g., ethx:ingress -> ethy:egress -> ethx:ingress) are not detected, potentially leading to system overload.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves uncontrolled packet redirection loops, which can cause high CPU usage and potential denial of service (DoS) to the system.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2026-63982. Monitor official security advisories from your Linux distribution for the patch.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Fix ethx:ingress -> ethy:egress -> ethx:ingress mirred loop When mirred redirects to ingress (from either ingress or egress) the loop state from sched_mirred_dev array dev is lost because of 1) the packet deferral into the backlog and 2) the fact the sched_mirred_dev array is cleared. In such cases, if there was a loop we won't discover it. Here's a simple test to reproduce: ip a add dev port0 10.10.10.11/24 tc qdisc add dev port0 clsact tc filter add dev port0 egress protocol ip \ prio 10 matchall action mirred ingress redirect dev port1 tc qdisc add dev port1 clsact tc filter add dev port1 ingress protocol ip \ prio 10 matchall action mirred egress redirect dev port0 ping -c 1 -W0.01 10.10.10.10

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