Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23105

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU122390

Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23105

Published: February 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU122390
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23105
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the qfq_rm_from_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_10-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_34-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_34-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_10-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_34-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_34-default-debuginfo
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-syms
kernel-source
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-docs
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-23105

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_10-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_34-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_34-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_10-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_34-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_34-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.175.148, 5.15.0-175.185, 5.15.0-175.185~20.04.1, 5.15.0.176.161, 5.15.0-176.186, 5.15.0.1088.87, 5.15.0-1088.96, 5.15.0.1100.100, 5.15.0-1100.101, 5.15.0.1101.100, 5.15.0-1101.107~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1102.98, 5.15.0-1102.108, 5.15.0.1105.101, 5.15.0.1105.108, 5.15.0-1105.112, 5.15.0-1105.112~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1105.114, 6.8.0-117.117, 6.8.0-117.117.1, 6.8.0-117.117.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1041.44, 6.8.0-1054.60, 6.8.0-1055.56, 6.8.0-1055.56~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1055.58+fips1, 6.8.0-1056.60, 6.8.0-1058.61, 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1, 6.8.0-2045.46, 6.8.1-1051.52, 6.8.1-1051.52~22.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.176.102, 5.15.0-176.186+fips1, 5.15.0.1105.95, 5.15.0-1105.114+fips1, 6.8.0-116.116+fips1
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-176.186~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1046.46+1, 5.15.0.1046.48, 5.15.0-1057.57, 6.8.0-1024.24
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1057.57~20.04.1
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1070.73, 5.15.0-1070.74
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1097.93, 5.15.0-1097.102, 5.15.0.1100.99, 5.15.0-1100.106, 5.15.0-1100.106~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1102.108~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1110.108, 5.15.0-1110.119, 6.8.0-1056.62
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1097.99, 5.15.0.1097.101, 5.15.0.1104.108, 5.15.0-1104.113
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1099.95, 5.15.0-1099.102, 5.15.0-1099.102~20.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1099.97, 5.15.0-1099.102
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1110.95, 5.15.0-1110.119+fips1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.162-1, 6.12.69-1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1054.57, 6.8.0-1054.57.1
linux-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1, 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3, 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3+1
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1030.30
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1031.31

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