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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length CAKE accepts… (CVE-2026-72326)

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Published: 08/15/2026 (08/15/2026, 06:32:20 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database

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.

Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-mqfm-gm6r-72rv
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
["CVE-2026-72326"]
Ecosystems
[]
Database Specific Severity
null
Cvss Version
null

Threat ID: 6a808b71bf8831d5394fba76

Added to database: 08/15/2026, 15:53:21 UTC

Last updated: 08/15/2026, 15:54:49 UTC

Views: 1

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