net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length
CAKE accepts signed overhead values and stores them in an s16, but the
adjusted packet length calculation uses unsigned arithmetic. A negative
effective length can therefore wrap to a large value.
Such configurations make rate accounting depend on integer wraparound
rather than on the packet size userspace intended to model. A static
netlink lower bound is not enough because packets reaching CAKE can be
smaller than any reasonable manual-overhead allowance.
Fold the signed overhead adjustment into the existing datapath MPU clamp
so negative adjusted lengths are clamped before link-layer framing
adjustments.
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Solution
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Workaround
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length CAKE accepts signed overhead values and stores them in an s16, but the adjusted packet length calculation uses unsigned arithmetic. A negative effective length can therefore wrap to a large value. Such configurations make rate accounting depend on integer wraparound rather than on the packet size userspace intended to model. A static netlink lower bound is not enough because packets reaching CAKE can be smaller than any reasonable manual-overhead allowance. Fold the signed overhead adjustment into the existing datapath MPU clamp so negative adjusted lengths are clamped before link-layer framing adjustments. | |
| Title | net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length | |
| First Time appeared |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-06T16:55:26.003Z
Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.919Z
Link: CVE-2026-72326
Updated: 2026-11-06T16:54:43.506Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:05.660
Modified: 2026-11-06T17:19:43.173
Link: CVE-2026-72326
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-22T07:00:07Z
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