CVE-2026-23437CWE-662

CVE-2026-23437

High · published April 3, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00127 · 2.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-662 · Improper Synchronization
Published
2026-04-03T20:16Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13.1, < 6.18.206.18.20
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.106.19.10
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References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 APR 15:15Z
    net: shaper: protect late read accesses to the hierarchy
    cvelistv5