Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: cls_bpf: prevent unbounded recursion in offload rollback
Quan Sun reported [1] a stack overflow in cls_bpf_offload_cmd().
Reproducer on netdevsim: add a skip_sw cls_bpf filter, set the
bpf_tc_accept debugfs knob to 0, then `tc filter replace`. The replace
calls tc_setup_cb_replace() which fails. cls_bpf_offload_cmd() then
swaps prog/oldprog and recursively calls itself to roll back. But
bpf_tc_accept=0 makes the rollback fail too, which triggers yet another
rollback frame with the same arguments, and so on until the stack is
exhausted.
bpf_tc_accept is just a convenient knob for the reproducer. Any driver
whose tc_setup_cb_replace() fails twice in a row can hit the same loop,
so this is not a netdevsim-only issue.
Two ways to fix it:
1) Have the rollback call tc_setup_cb_add() on oldprog instead of
re-entering cls_bpf_offload_cmd().
2) Mark the rollback frame with a flag and skip a second-level
rollback from inside it.
Go with (2). It is the smaller change and keeps the original behaviour:
the rollback still goes through tc_setup_cb_replace(), so the driver
gets one real chance to restore its state. If that attempt also fails,
we just return the original error instead of recursing.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ce5a6005-3c5e-4696-9e05-eba9461dc860@std.uestc.edu.cn/T/#u
net/sched: cls_bpf: prevent unbounded recursion in offload rollback
Quan Sun reported [1] a stack overflow in cls_bpf_offload_cmd().
Reproducer on netdevsim: add a skip_sw cls_bpf filter, set the
bpf_tc_accept debugfs knob to 0, then `tc filter replace`. The replace
calls tc_setup_cb_replace() which fails. cls_bpf_offload_cmd() then
swaps prog/oldprog and recursively calls itself to roll back. But
bpf_tc_accept=0 makes the rollback fail too, which triggers yet another
rollback frame with the same arguments, and so on until the stack is
exhausted.
bpf_tc_accept is just a convenient knob for the reproducer. Any driver
whose tc_setup_cb_replace() fails twice in a row can hit the same loop,
so this is not a netdevsim-only issue.
Two ways to fix it:
1) Have the rollback call tc_setup_cb_add() on oldprog instead of
re-entering cls_bpf_offload_cmd().
2) Mark the rollback frame with a flag and skip a second-level
rollback from inside it.
Go with (2). It is the smaller change and keeps the original behaviour:
the rollback still goes through tc_setup_cb_replace(), so the driver
gets one real chance to restore its state. If that attempt also fails,
we just return the original error instead of recursing.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ce5a6005-3c5e-4696-9e05-eba9461dc860@std.uestc.edu.cn/T/#u
Published:
2026-08-15
Score:
n/a
EPSS:
< 1% Very Low
KEV:
No
Impact:
n/a
Action:
n/a
Analysis
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History
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-674 CWE-754 |
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_bpf: prevent unbounded recursion in offload rollback Quan Sun reported [1] a stack overflow in cls_bpf_offload_cmd(). Reproducer on netdevsim: add a skip_sw cls_bpf filter, set the bpf_tc_accept debugfs knob to 0, then `tc filter replace`. The replace calls tc_setup_cb_replace() which fails. cls_bpf_offload_cmd() then swaps prog/oldprog and recursively calls itself to roll back. But bpf_tc_accept=0 makes the rollback fail too, which triggers yet another rollback frame with the same arguments, and so on until the stack is exhausted. bpf_tc_accept is just a convenient knob for the reproducer. Any driver whose tc_setup_cb_replace() fails twice in a row can hit the same loop, so this is not a netdevsim-only issue. Two ways to fix it: 1) Have the rollback call tc_setup_cb_add() on oldprog instead of re-entering cls_bpf_offload_cmd(). 2) Mark the rollback frame with a flag and skip a second-level rollback from inside it. Go with (2). It is the smaller change and keeps the original behaviour: the rollback still goes through tc_setup_cb_replace(), so the driver gets one real chance to restore its state. If that attempt also fails, we just return the original error instead of recursing. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ce5a6005-3c5e-4696-9e05-eba9461dc860@std.uestc.edu.cn/T/#u | |
| Title | net/sched: cls_bpf: prevent unbounded recursion in offload rollback | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T05:58:59.106Z
Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.890Z
Link: CVE-2026-74382
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:40.040
Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:40.040
Link: CVE-2026-74382
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-15T13:30:04Z