In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length

CAKE accepts signed overhead values and stores them in an s16, but the
adjusted packet length calculation uses unsigned arithmetic. A negative
effective length can therefore wrap to a large value.

Such configurations make rate accounting depend on integer wraparound
rather than on the packet size userspace intended to model. A static
netlink lower bound is not enough because packets reaching CAKE can be
smaller than any reasonable manual-overhead allowance.

Fold the signed overhead adjustment into the existing datapath MPU clamp
so negative adjusted lengths are clamped before link-layer framing
adjustments.
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History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-191
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length CAKE accepts signed overhead values and stores them in an s16, but the adjusted packet length calculation uses unsigned arithmetic. A negative effective length can therefore wrap to a large value. Such configurations make rate accounting depend on integer wraparound rather than on the packet size userspace intended to model. A static netlink lower bound is not enough because packets reaching CAKE can be smaller than any reasonable manual-overhead allowance. Fold the signed overhead adjustment into the existing datapath MPU clamp so negative adjusted lengths are clamped before link-layer framing adjustments.
Title net/sched: cake: reject overhead values that underflow length
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T05:12:32.814Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.919Z

Link: CVE-2026-72326

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:05.660

Modified: 2026-08-17T06:18:36.153

Link: CVE-2026-72326

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-72326 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T07:00:07Z

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