Bug 2492387 (CVE-2026-52997) - CVE-2026-52997 kernel: net/sched: sch_dualpi2: drain both C-queue and L-queue in dualpi2_change()
Summary: CVE-2026-52997 kernel: net/sched: sch_dualpi2: drain both C-queue and L-queue...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-52997
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:09 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 15:35 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:09:17 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: sch_dualpi2: drain both C-queue and L-queue in dualpi2_change()

Fix dualpi2_change() to correctly enforce updated limit and memlimit
values after a configuration change of the dualpi2 qdisc.

Before this patch, dualpi2_change() always attempted to dequeue packets
via the root qdisc (C-queue) when reducing backlog or memory usage, and
unconditionally assumed that a valid skb will be returned. When traffic
classification results in packets being queued in the L-queue while the
C-queue is empty, this leads to a NULL skb dereference during limit or
memlimit enforcement.

This is fixed by first dequeuing from the C-queue path if it is
non-empty. Once the C-queue is empty, packets are dequeued directly from
the L-queue. Return values from qdisc_dequeue_internal() are checked for
both queues. When dequeuing from the L-queue, the parent qdisc qlen and
backlog counters are updated explicitly to keep overall qdisc statistics
consistent.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-26 15:31:11 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062446-CVE-2026-52997-545a@gregkh/T


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