Bug 2461760 (CVE-2026-31675) - CVE-2026-31675 kernel: net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in packet corruption
Summary: CVE-2026-31675 kernel: net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in pack...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31675
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-25 09:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-27 10:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-25 09:01:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in packet corruption

In netem_enqueue(), the packet corruption logic uses
get_random_u32_below(skb_headlen(skb)) to select an index for
modifying skb->data. When an AF_PACKET TX_RING sends fully non-linear
packets over an IPIP tunnel, skb_headlen(skb) evaluates to 0.

Passing 0 to get_random_u32_below() takes the variable-ceil slow path
which returns an unconstrained 32-bit random integer. Using this
unconstrained value as an offset into skb->data results in an
out-of-bounds memory access.

Fix this by verifying skb_headlen(skb) is non-zero before attempting
to corrupt the linear data area. Fully non-linear packets will silently
bypass the corruption logic.


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