CVE-2026-68286 (GCVE-0-2026-68286)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:02 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:02
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Title
drop_monitor: perform u64_stats updates under IRQ-disabled section
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drop_monitor: perform u64_stats updates under IRQ-disabled section In net_dm_packet_trace_kfree_skb_hit() and net_dm_hw_trap_packet_probe(), u64_stats_update_begin() / u64_stats_inc() / u64_stats_update_end() were called after spin_unlock_irqrestore(&...drop_queue.lock, flags), when local IRQs had already been re-enabled. Tracepoint probes can execute in IRQ or softirq context. On 32-bit architectures, u64_stats_update_begin() disables preemption but not interrupts, relying on seqcount writes. If a nested interrupt occurs on the same CPU during the 64-bit stats update, the reentrant seqcount update can corrupt the seqcount state or stats value. Fix this by performing the 64-bit per-CPU stats update before releasing drop_queue.lock via spin_unlock_irqrestore(), ensuring local interrupts remain disabled during the u64_stats update.
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c , < d5e2cd2bc8ae36617346b3a54ee9da61d866bf92 (git)
Affected: e9feb58020f952f7d9de785ede9a7d54ab1eda5c , < fd098a23bf8fda7eae48db9b06e7c34fc4d228fa (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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