CVE-2026-64207: net/sched: dualpi2: fix GSO backlog accounting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-20 · updated 2026-08-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: dualpi2: fix GSO backlog accounting When DualPI2 splits a GSO skb into N segments, it propagates N additional packets to its parent before returning NET_XMIT_SUCCESS. The parent then accounts for the original skb once more, leaving its qlen one larger than the number of packets actually queued. With QFQ as the parent, after all real packets are dequeued, QFQ still has a non-zero qlen while its in-service aggregate has no active classes. qfq_choose_next_agg() returns NULL and qfq_dequeue() passes the result to qfq_peek_skb(), causing a NULL pointer dereference. Follow the same pattern used by tbf_segment() and taprio: count only successfully queued segments, propagate the difference between the original skb and those segments, and return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS whenever at least one segment was queued.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.17 before 6.18.39; from 6.19 before 7.1.4 — fixed in 6.18.39, 7.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18.39, 7.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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