CVE-2026-53079

net_sched: fix skb memory leak in deferred qdisc drops

published June 24, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net_sched: fix skb memory leak in deferred qdisc drops

When the network stack cleans up the deferred list via qdisc_run_end(),

it operates on the root qdisc. If the root qdisc do not implement the

TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag the packets queue to free are never freed and

gets stranded on the child's local to_free list.

Fix this by making qdisc_dequeue_drop() aware of the root qdisc. It

fetches the root qdisc and check for the TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag. If

the flag is present, the packet is appended directly to the root's

to_free list. Otherwise, drop it directly as it was done before the

optimization was implemented.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00143 · 3.3th percentile
Published
2026-06-24T16:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 16:30Z
    net_sched: fix skb memory leak in deferred qdisc drops
    cvelistv5