CVE-2026-52997

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_dualpi2: drain both C-queue and L-queue in dualpi2_change() Fix dualpi2_change() to correctly enforce updated limit and memlimit values after a configuration change of the dualpi2 qdisc. Before this patch, dualpi2_change() always attempted to dequeue packets via the root qdisc (C-queue) when reducing backlog or memory usage, and unconditionally assumed that a valid skb will be returned. When traffic classification results in packets being queued in the L-queue while the C-queue is empty, this leads to a NULL skb dereference during limit or memlimit enforcement. This is fixed by first dequeuing from the C-queue path if it is non-empty. Once the C-queue is empty, packets are dequeued directly from the L-queue. Return values from qdisc_dequeue_internal() are checked for both queues. When dequeuing from the L-queue, the parent qdisc qlen and backlog counters are updated explicitly to keep overall qdisc statistics consistent.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3042add80c2c50bd127d570b83319af612efde65
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/478ed6b7d2577439c610f91fa8759a4c878a4264
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86cf2eba2056bcf9c41fba260e599bd95bf9943b

Configurations

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History

24 Jun 2026, 17:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-24 17:17

Updated : 2026-06-24 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-52997

Mitre link : CVE-2026-52997

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-52997

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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