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tcf_classify() can return TC_ACT_CONSUMED while the skb is held by the defragmentation engine (e.g. act_ct on out-of-order fragments). When that happens the skb is no longer owned by the caller and must not be touched again. tcf_qevent_handle() did not handle TC_ACT_CONSUMED: it fell through the switch and returned the skb to the caller as if classification had passed. The only qdisc that wires up qevents today is RED, via three call sites (qe_mark on RED_PROB_MARK/HARD_MARK, qe_early_drop on congestion_drop) red_enqueue() was continuing to operate on an skb it no longer owns in this case -- enqueueing it, dropping it, or updating statistics. Resulting in a UAF. tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: red ... qevent early_drop block 10 tc filter add block 10 ... action ct (with ct defrag enabled and traffic that produces out-of-order fragments, e.g. a fragmented UDP stream) Handle TC_ACT_CONSUMED in tcf_qevent_handle() the same way the ingress and egress fast paths do: treat it as stolen and return NULL without touching the skb. Unlike the TC_ACT_STOLEN case, the skb must not be dropped/freed here, as it is no longer owned by us.
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2026:47620 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47620
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:49214 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49214
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:49211 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49211
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:49213 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49213
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:49212 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49212