CVE-2026-72036

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_multiq: Replace direct dequeue call with peek and qdisc_dequeue_peeked 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.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-476

Published

2026-08-15

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• 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

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