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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98012" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:23:35.934Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:12:17.681Z" 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-2026-98012" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98012.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98012" title: "net/sched: sfq: clamp quantum in change path" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: sfq: clamp quantum in change path\n\nsfq_change() accepts any non-negative quantum (only rejects\n(int)ctl-\u003equantum \u003c 0). With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len reaches\n~2 GiB, so quantum=1 makes the deficit-refill loop spin ~2^31 times\nunder the qdisc lock (a soft lockup / denial of service).\n\nAdd max(256U, ...) matching fq_codel_change(). Reject quantum \u003e 1\u003c\u003c20\nwith -EINVAL, matching fq_codel_change() and the init clamp.\n\nConditions to recreate the bug:\n CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFQ=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via\n unshare -Urn suffices).\n\n tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root sfq\n tc qdisc change dev dummy0 root sfq quantum 1 stab data 32768 size_log 15 cell_log 0" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"4919649699c5f4dbae08b8e2ed536fc9d6c3c2aa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4117c528b2de5fdc3e4a7e3626815b616a635cdc"},{"version":"548cf048b426729a7a1fa6acd1271c010c9a7380","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f82fa6f10d4a69322cad0f7a4aa523ce6292a5a0"},{"version":"c49ac48fac51a6a54efd5963954d02bacf075085","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0692ce5a528df450d64e9f819054177e9d91076f"},{"version":"58ae7465f0e7113d45aa88a66bf2d203c71c195e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e4192bcf83aaab02129644ddf4656fd86e93751f"},{"version":"82bd38bd5467ece1ee274b493f51326cf5220a5a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f3820dce042a673fcb28cc31c87ee14257e21a17"},{"version":"e4650d7ae4252f67e997a632adfae0dd74d3a99a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"534cd7ecbbc6e8a974f4003a5c1557439c6e0a72"},{"version":"e4650d7ae4252f67e997a632adfae0dd74d3a99a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e6c1cb728e389354203a72bc77464c222a247aeb"},{"version":"e4650d7ae4252f67e997a632adfae0dd74d3a99a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fb9f88a33c516ea5c0bcd9a22ca288b246b34567"},{"version":"843cacb88f42f426973f1ed11c6fb562558efb27","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.239","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.271"},{"version":"5.15.186","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.222"},{"version":"6.1.129","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.189"},{"version":"6.6.76","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.158"},{"version":"6.12.13","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.111"},{"version":"5.4.297","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.13"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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