Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT
The function qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() uses TC_H_ROOT as a termination condition when traversing up the qdisc tree to update parent backlog counters. However, if a class is created with classid TC_H_ROOT, the traversal terminates prematurely at this class instead of reaching the actual root qdisc, causing parent statistics to be incorrectly maintained. In case of DRR, this could lead to a crash as reported by Mingi Cho.
Prevent the creation of any Qdisc class with classid TC_H_ROOT (0xFFFFFFFF) across all qdisc types, as suggested by Jamal.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.4.0 (+18 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | Planned | — |
| AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU | Planned | — |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | Released |
26 kernels
|
| Debian 11 | Released |
34 kernels
|
| Debian 11 cloud | Released |
14 kernels
|
| Debian 12 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Oracle Linux 7 UEK 6 | Released |
112 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 8 UEK 6 | Released |
122 kernels
|
| Proxmox VE 7 5.15 | Released |
47 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 AWS ESM | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 AWS HWE ESM | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 Azure ESM | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 GCP ESM | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 HWE ESM | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 AWS Focal | Released |
56 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 HWE Focal | Released |
69 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Released |
126 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 AWS | Released |
108 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 Azure | Released |
99 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 GCP | Ready For Release | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE AWS | Released |
56 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Azure | Released |
39 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Released |
73 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Released |
64 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Released |
60 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Released |
22 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 24.04 AWS | Ready For Release | — |