CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74704

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.44%

37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the sch_cake ACK filter contains a WARN_ON(1) that can be triggered by a malformed IP header. Depending on system configuration, this leads to spamming dmesg with warnings or a panic if panic_on_warn is set. The fix removes the WARN_ON because the code already correctly skips the offending packet.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may lead to system panic or log flooding, potentially enabling a DoS attack.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update that removes the WARN_ON(1) from the ACK filter in sch_cake.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_cake: drop WARN_ON(1) for malformed packets in ACK filter The sch_cake ACK filter parses packets to find the TCP header and filter duplicated ACKs if the flow is backlogged. The parsing code contains a WARN_ON(1) which can be triggered by a malformed IP header in certain cases. Depending on the system configuration, this leads either to either spamming dmesg with warnings, or a panic if panic_on_warn is set. The code already correctly skips the offending packet in the branch that triggers the warning, so the WARN_ON itself doesn't really serve any purpose. So just drop it altogether to avoid the inconvenient side effects.

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