net/sched: sch_multiq: Replace direct dequeue call with peek and qdisc_dequeue_peeked
Published Aug 15, 2026
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
multiq_dequeue() takes a packet from a band's child with a direct ->dequeue() call after multiq_peek() peeked it. When the child is non-work-conserving the peek stashes the skb in the child's gso_skb, so the direct dequeue returns a different skb and orphans the stash, desyncing the child's qlen/backlog. With a qfq child reached through a peeking parent (e.g. tbf) this re-enters the child on an emptied list and dereferences NULL, panicking the kernel from softirq on ordinary egress.
Take the packet through qdisc_dequeue_peeked(), as sch_prio already does and as sch_red and sch_sfb were just fixed to do. The helper is a no-op when the child has no stash, so a work-conserving child is unaffected.
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- Version 2.6.29StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<2.6.29
- Version 5.10.261StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.10.*
- Version 5.15.212StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.15.*
- Version 6.1.178StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.1.*
- Version 6.12.97StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.12.*
- Version 6.18.40StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.18.*
- Version 6.6.145StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.6.*
- Version 7.1.5StatusunaffectedConstraints<=7.1.*
- Version 7.2StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
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Remediation
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References (14)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72036 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516411 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-58994 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9cc255e8089606b92b2adf504e334573682821
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e5fd9d14f2d228e7260251f2e4a1d41ba8f705a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54f6b0c843e228d499eb4b6bbb89df68cad9ad5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5889064919a1e5c0a9469c54895000414fc46944
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a5a1582710981ef6637de9f074a60a5b1d63222
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a61e46a1919e8abf4d227c204773dabb24068a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1a9637f0bd84b5db8803af65dfb1f44785406f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fffeb2ab5eeb823d4c2330571a098f63237c9049
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081512-CVE-2026-72036-1317@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72036
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72036
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