# CVE-2026-99282: net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-07. Updated: 2026-11-07.

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

net/sched: sch_teql: fix use-after-free on lower qdisc drop

The issue: teql_master_xmit() tests the slave's ndo_start_xmit() return
value against NETDEV_TX_OK alone. A slave that consumes the skb but
returns an error code (rc < NET_XMIT_MASK, e.g. NET_XMIT_DROP) is treated
as if the skb were still owned, so the loop restores skb->dev and calls
__skb_pull() on it. A VLAN slave returns the result of dev_queue_xmit()
from its ndo_start_xmit() (propagated since cbbef5e18307), and when the
lower qdisc drops the packet that value is NET_XMIT_DROP after the skb
has been freed, giving a use-after-free in teql_master_xmit().

The Fix: test for consumption with dev_xmit_complete(), which accepts
NETDEV_TX_OK and every rc < NET_XMIT_MASK, matching other callers that
need to distinguish consumed results from busy. Only NETDEV_TX_OK keeps
the packet counted in tx_packets/tx_bytes and advances the slave; a
consumed result that is neither a success nor NET_XMIT_CN ends the
attempt and is charged to tx_dropped, so lower-qdisc drops are no longer
reported as good transmits. NET_XMIT_CN is counted like success because
it can accompany acceptance of the current packet: pfifo_head_drop drops
the old head, enqueues the current skb and returns NET_XMIT_CN.

Conditions to recreate the bug:
With CONFIG_NET_SCH_TEQL,
CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q and CONFIG_DUMMY enabled, add lkrdummy0 (dummy) and
lkrvlan0 (VLAN id 37 on lkrdummy0); set a pfifo limit 0 root on lkrdummy0
and a teql0 root on lkrvlan0; bring teql0 up with an address and send one
UDP packet to it. The VLAN xmit returns NET_XMIT_DROP from the lower
qdisc while holding a freed skb.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Linux / Linux: ≥ 572a9d7b6fc7f20f573664063324c086be310c42; < fc55d92ae6a4b2e7d062cad6d4c67f6b061d9cde (affected, git); ≥ 572a9d7b6fc7f20f573664063324c086be310c42; < 2702ae318630787c640ec0d0403ffd9d95c43e9e (affected, git); ≥ 572a9d7b6fc7f20f573664063324c086be310c42; < 782d6bb8f9b8e9d8591181662222bf74cd3ecf79 (affected, git). Source: CNA: Linux
- Linux / Linux: 2.6.33 (affected); ≥ 0; < 2.6.33 (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.18.61; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 7.3.2; ≤ 7.3.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 7.4-rc1; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix). Source: CNA: Linux

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc55d92ae6a4b2e7d062cad6d4c67f6b061d9cde (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2702ae318630787c640ec0d0403ffd9d95c43e9e (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/782d6bb8f9b8e9d8591181662222bf74cd3ecf79 (CNA: Linux)

## Provenance

- CNA: Linux: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99282; retrieved 2026-11-07; source updated 2026-11-07

Revision: 0d792b643feed6694463fc4f8808fa54c5dea6d11d5e0d06af7fcb206770e169

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-99282

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