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