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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98547" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-18T15:18:15.669Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:21:30.417Z" 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-2026-98547" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98547.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98547" title: "af_packet: fix integer overflow in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_packet: fix integer overflow in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo()\n\nprb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() computes in 32-bit int arithmetic:\n\n mbits = (blk_size_in_bytes * 8) / (1024 * 1024);\n\nIf I'm reading the validation right, tp_block_size is user\ncontrolled and packet_set_ring() only rejects values that are \u003c= 0\nas int or not page aligned, so a 256MiB block goes right through\n(and alloc_one_pg_vec_page() even has a vzalloc fallback for it).\n0x10000000 * 8 wraps to INT_MIN, and on a NIC reporting 1 Gbps\n(div == 1) the function ends up returning -2047.\n\nThe condition is actually (8 * size) mod 2^32 \u003e= 2^31 && div == 1,\nso the trigger set is [256,512), [768,1024), [1280,1536) and\n[1792,2048) MiB. Other sizes wrap to non-negative values and faster\nlinks divide the unsigned value back below 2^31, which is why this\ndoesn't blow up for everyone.\n\nWhat makes it fatal is what happens next in init_prb_bdqc():\n\n p1-\u003einterval_ktime = ms_to_ktime(prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo(...));\n hrtimer_start(&p1-\u003eretire_blk_timer, p1-\u003einterval_ktime,\n HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);\n\nA negative relative timeout expires immediately. The callback\nunconditionally returns HRTIMER_RESTART, and hrtimer_forward() turns\nthe negative interval into hrtimer_resolution:\n\n if (interval \u003c hrtimer_resolution)\n interval = hrtimer_resolution;\n\nSo the SOFT timer re-fires at the maximum rate forever, holding\nsk_receive_queue.lock each pass. One CPU spins in softirq until the\nsocket is closed. Repeat with more rings and the machine is gone.\n\nThe overflow itself is ancient - it was introduced together with\nTPACKET_V3 in f6fb8f100b80 (\"af-packet: TPACKET_V3 flexible buffer\nimplementation.\"). Its effect prior to f7460d2989fa (\"net:\naf_packet: Use hrtimer to do the retire operation\", v6.18) was not\nas clear-cut, though: the return value was stored into an unsigned\nshort retire_blk_tov, so a negative result was truncated, and a\n0-jiffy delay loop could be programmed as well. Neither is nearly\nas detrimental as the immediate maximum-rate spin the hrtimer\nconversion turned it into.\n\n(Unrelated to CVE-2019-20812 - that one was the ethtool failure path\nreturning 0, which now returns DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV.)\n\nReproducer, needs CAP_NET_RAW (a --network host container has it by\ndefault) and a 1 Gbps NIC (QEMU e1000 works):\n\n int fd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));\n bind(fd, ...);\n int v = TPACKET_V3;\n setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &v, sizeof(v));\n struct tpacket_req3 req = {\n .tp_block_size = 0x10000000,\n .tp_block_nr = 1,\n .tp_frame_size = 2048,\n .tp_frame_nr = 0x10000000 / 2048,\n .tp_retire_blk_tov = 0,\n };\n setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &req, sizeof(req));\n\nCompute in 64 bits instead. The operands are already bounded by the\nexisting validation, so nothing else changes. If you'd prefer a\ndifferent fix, just say so and I'll respin." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"02afd75649a4e001031ed82153a5c39312ec0737"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"eb5b3838b9200dac04bfe33483db0ee8287456fb"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"297acc571d5813db76b147c745b91031d5f9c960"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"be1aacff399d519cc48d6b34354a54dd79041140"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b2bcc6a254d6f27823a56787668ae4ee8cdb6e71"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6279211e7d2456ecd195d236c9ee5e5c6fa5a17a"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"218a944b9e035d4b47d59c69af6ca13319da15fb"},{"version":"f6fb8f100b807378fda19e83e5ac6828b638603a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"56d82862a0a243ac14ba11b6d7b57ddc2d064b95"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.2"},{"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":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.55","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.9","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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