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Linux Linux — net_sched: keep alloc_hash updated after hash allocation
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H N H 7.1 .0019 8.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 73c29d2f6f8ae731b1e09051b69ed3ba2319482b – —
Linux 4.4.214 – —
TIMELINE
Feb 26 Reserved by Linux
May 7 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2020-36791 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net_sched: keep alloc_hash updated after hash allocation
In commit 599be01ee567 ("net_sched: fix an OOB access in cls_tcindex")
I moved cp->hash calculation before the first
tcindex_alloc_perfect_hash(), but cp->alloc_hash is left untouched.
This difference could lead to another out of bound access.
cp->alloc_hash should always be the size allocated, we should
update it after this tcindex_alloc_perfect_hash().
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 26, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 7, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2020-36791 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 73c29d2f6f8ae731b1e09051b69ed3ba2319482b | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.4.214 | — |
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