CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68286

Low risk· EPSS 9%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drop_monitor module performs u64_stats updates after re-enabling interrupts, which on 32-bit architectures can lead to data corruption or sequence state corruption. The fix moves the updates before disabling interrupts.

Risk Assessment

On 32-bit systems, there is a risk of corrupting statistics data or causing a system crash due to nested interrupts. This could lead to incorrect network monitoring behavior.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that performs u64_stats updates before re-enabling interrupts. Reboot the system after the update.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drop_monitor: perform u64_stats updates under IRQ-disabled section In net_dm_packet_trace_kfree_skb_hit() and net_dm_hw_trap_packet_probe(), u64_stats_update_begin() / u64_stats_inc() / u64_stats_update_end() were called after spin_unlock_irqrestore(&...drop_queue.lock, flags), when local IRQs had already been re-enabled. Tracepoint probes can execute in IRQ or softirq context. On 32-bit architectures, u64_stats_update_begin() disables preemption but not interrupts, relying on seqcount writes. If a nested interrupt occurs on the same CPU during the 64-bit stats update, the reentrant seqcount update can corrupt the seqcount state or stats value. Fix this by performing the 64-bit per-CPU stats update before releasing drop_queue.lock via spin_unlock_irqrestore(), ensuring local interrupts remain disabled during the u64_stats update.

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