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The counter is\nincremented at the point the inner filter chain is picked up, after the\nTC_ACT_* switch has consumed the classifier verdict, so a terminal\nTC_ACT_QUEUED/STOLEN/TRAP on the last permitted chain still sets *qerr\nto __NET_XMIT_STOLEN and the packet is not charged as a drop by this\nqdisc or its parent.\n\nThe bound is TC_HTB_MAXDEPTH, taken from HTB's own parameters rather than\nfrom the qdisc hierarchy depth limit. Class levels run from 0 to\nTC_HTB_MAXDEPTH - 1, so a traversal that strictly descends in level can\ntake at most TC_HTB_MAXDEPTH hops. That descent is what a sane\nconfiguration does, but it is assumed here rather than enforced:\nhtb_find() resolves a classid against every class in the qdisc, so a\nfilter may equally select a sibling or an ancestor. The normal\nroot -> inner -> leaf path takes a single hop, so the bound does not\naffect legitimate classification.\n\nhtb_classify() can now return NULL irrespective of CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT,\nwhereas previously every NULL return sat inside that ifdef. The NULL\nhandler in htb_enqueue() therefore cannot stay conditional either, so\ndrop the ifdef around it. This matches hfsc_enqueue(), which has always\nhandled a NULL class unconditionally. Without it, a kernel built\nwithout actions would dereference a NULL class instead of dropping.\n\nConditions to recreate the bug:\n- CONFIG_NET_SCHED, CONFIG_NET_SCH_HTB, CONFIG_NET_CLS_U32,\n CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR.\n- Create an HTB qdisc on a device (e.g. lo), add an inner class\n 1:1 with a leaf child 1:10, install a root u32 filter selecting\n 1:1, and an inner-class u32 filter on 1:1 also selecting 1:1.\n- Send one packet (ping). On the unfixed kernel the classify loop\n spins with the qdisc lock held; with softlockup_panic=1 it panics.\n- Reachable from unprivileged user via unshare -Urn (CAP_NET_ADMIN).","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-17T16:05:38.957+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T08:57:10.615+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n \"product\": \"Linux\",\n \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n \"programFiles\": [\n \"net/sched/sch_htb.c\"\n ],\n \"versions\": [\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"83bb11805b620c498d6417e0e409f26887981489\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"90a149ab1f8344b7f713e9a838f69fde9e8d2a51\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"010d05df52cec053bdc67d82c5b61cc4996f3fde\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"8c9611f7ba3ea5594e41bac952363aa0966d3280\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"e54be9aa503a0297b63aec530fbf760350effd45\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"872317e84fd019ceffba125e62d31586e3336d41\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n \"lessThan\": \"729c4896ab829169f95915d65edd530325910b37\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n }\n ]\n }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n \"product\": \"Linux\",\n \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n \"programFiles\": [\n \"net/sched/sch_htb.c\"\n ],\n \"versions\": [\n {\n \"version\": \"2.6.12\",\n \"status\": \"affected\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"0\",\n \"lessThan\": \"2.6.12\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"5.15.221\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"6.1.188\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"6.6.157\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"6.12.110\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"6.18.52\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"7.2.6\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"7.3\",\n \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n }\n ]\n }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83bb11805b620c498d6417e0e409f26887981489","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a149ab1f8344b7f713e9a838f69fde9e8d2a51","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010d05df52cec053bdc67d82c5b61cc4996f3fde","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c9611f7ba3ea5594e41bac952363aa0966d3280","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54be9aa503a0297b63aec530fbf760350effd45","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/872317e84fd019ceffba125e62d31586e3336d41","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/729c4896ab829169f95915d65edd530325910b37"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90053","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-90053","identifiers":["CVE-2026-90053"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[{"source":"cisa-kev:global","scope":"Complete CISA KEV catalog; all vendors. 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