CVE-2026-23437 (GCVE-0-2026-23437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-03 15:15
Modified
2026-04-27 14:02
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: shaper: protect late read accesses to the hierarchy We look up a netdev during prep of Netlink ops (pre- callbacks) and take a ref to it. Then later in the body of the callback we take its lock or RCU which are the actual protections. This is not proper, a conversion from a ref to a locked netdev must include a liveness check (a check if the netdev hasn't been unregistered already). Fix the read cases (those under RCU). Writes needs a separate change to protect from creating the hierarchy after flush has already run.
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb
Version: 4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb
Version: 4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb
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