CVE-2026-74544

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_u32: validate offshift to prevent shift-out-of-bounds u32_change() copies the user-provided tc_u32_sel.offshift (unsigned char, 0-255) into the kernel knode object without bounds validation. When a packet later hits u32_classify() with TC_U32_VAROFFSET set, it evaluates `ntohs(offmask & *data) >> offshift` where the left operand is a 16-bit value promoted to a 32-bit int. Any offshift >= 32 is undefined behavior per C11 6.5.7p3, triggerable by an unprivileged user via user/network namespaces. UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sched/cls_u32.c:236:43 shift exponent 32 is too large for 32-bit type int Fix this by rejecting offshift >= 16 during filter creation in u32_change().

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 15, 2026
First seenAug 15, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linux7fd5b2287e5cf33e114fb7f0cef781a546039757, 724c8edbacf1259988829cb9967f751222121d8a, 006a4598da9a6b02e0ddc3ca5042b97224774364, 9990cac513e8b191de2ee589051ea7ebf3cee940, 313cb9ffc4101a885d791facf4b5ea3d5e06144d, aef96eead2860cbfa371e4471d4f04412213b958 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 7fd5b2287e5cf33e114fb7f0cef781a546039757, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 724c8edbacf1259988829cb9967f751222121d8a, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 006a4598da9a6b02e0ddc3ca5042b97224774364, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 9990cac513e8b191de2ee589051ea7ebf3cee940, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 313cb9ffc4101a885d791facf4b5ea3d5e06144d, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < aef96eead2860cbfa371e4471d4f04412213b958, 2.6.127fd5b2287e5cf33e114fb7f0cef781a546039757, 724c8edbacf1259988829cb9967f751222121d8a, 006a4598da9a6b02e0ddc3ca5042b97224774364, 9990cac513e8b191de2ee589051ea7ebf3cee940, 313cb9ffc4101a885d791facf4b5ea3d5e06144d, aef96eead2860cbfa371e4471d4f04412213b958

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CVE-2026-74544 · Linux · Dark Radar