# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98009"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:23:34.144Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:12:14.751Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98009"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98009.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98009"
title: "net/sched: ets: clamp quantum in parse and fallback paths"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: ets: clamp quantum in parse and fallback paths\n\nets_qdisc_change() falls back to psched_mtu() with no floor for bands\nwithout an explicit quantum. With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len\nreaches ~2 GiB, so a zero psched_mtu on a headerless device makes the\ndeficit-refill loop spin under the qdisc lock.\n\nMove the floor into ets_quantum_parse() so explicitly configured quanta\nare also clamped to [256, 1\u003c\u003c20], not just the fallback path.\n\nConditions to recreate the bug:\n  CONFIG_NET_SCH_ETS=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via\n  unshare -Urn suffices).\n\n  tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root ets bands 3 strict 2 quanta 1 1"
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