CVE-2026-98013

CVE-2026-98013

published September 25, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net/sched: fq_pie: clamp quantum in change path

fq_pie_change() accepts any quantum value from userspace, including 1.

With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len reaches ~2 GiB, so quantum=1

makes the deficit-refill loop spin ~2^31 times under the qdisc lock

(a soft lockup / denial of service).

Add max(256U, ...) matching fq_codel_change().

Conditions to recreate the bug:

CONFIG_NET_SCH_FQ_PIE=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via

unshare -Urn suffices).

tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root fq_pie

tc qdisc change dev dummy0 root fq_pie quantum 1 stab data 32768 size_log 15 cell_log 0

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.8th percentile
Published
2026-09-25T15:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 10:23Z
    net/sched: fq_pie: clamp quantum in change path
    cvelistv5