CVE-2026-46331: high-severity vulnerability in Linux
net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption
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68Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed in the wild and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actcvss 7.8epss 0.6%
from disclosure to weapon1 day
Published on NVDJun 16
1st PoC+1d
Observed exploitation+71d
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption
tcf_pedit_act() computes the COW range for skb_ensure_writable()
once before the key loop using tcfp_off_max_hint, but the hint does
not account for the runtime header offset added by typed keys. This
can leave part of the write region un-COW'd.
Fix by moving skb_ensure_writable() inside the per-key loop where
the actual write offset is known, and add overflow checking on the
offset arithmetic. For negative offsets (e.g. Ethernet header edits
at ingress), use skb_cow() to COW the headroom instead. Guard
offset_valid() against INT_MIN, where negation is undefined.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linuxpublic PoCs found — 16
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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27288https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27353https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27354https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27355https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27704https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27705https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27706https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27707https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27708https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27709https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27713https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27731