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CVE-2026-46331 Public exploit High · 7.8 EPSS 0.6%

net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption

Linux · Linux

Official description · CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption tcf_pedit_act() computes the COW range for skb_ensure_writable() once before the key loop using tcfp_off_max_hint, but the hint does not account for the runtime header offset added by typed keys. This can leave part of the write region un-COW'd. Fix by moving skb_ensure_writable() inside the per-key loop where the actual write offset is known, and add overflow checking on the offset arithmetic. For negative offsets (e.g. Ethernet header edits at ingress), use skb_cow() to COW the headroom instead. Guard offset_valid() against INT_MIN, where negation is undefined.

Breakdown
67.8 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

First seen exploited 2 months after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 1 day after disclosure.

  1. Disclosedday 0
  2. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+1 day
  3. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+2 mo

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 9 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

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