CVE-2026-74742 (GCVE-0-2026-74742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 14:36 – Updated: 2026-08-27 05:01
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Title
veth: fix queue index used to wake the peer txq in veth_poll
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: veth: fix queue index used to wake the peer txq in veth_poll veth_poll() derives the index of the peer TX queue to wake from rq->xdp_rxq.queue_index. That field is only initialized by xdp_rxq_info_reg() in veth_enable_xdp_range(), which runs only when an XDP program is attached. On the plain GRO/NAPI path (veth_napi_enable_range()) xdp_rxq_info_reg() is never called, so queue_index stays 0 for every queue, as priv->rq is zero-allocated. So in a multi-queue setup with GRO enabled and no XDP program attached, every NAPI instance looks at the peer's TX queue 0. If veth_xmit() stops peer TX queue 1 because the ptr_ring is full (NETDEV_TX_BUSY), nothing ever wakes it again: the poller draining queue 1 wakes queue 0 instead. veth implements no ndo_tx_timeout, so the netdev watchdog does not kick in either, and the queue stays stopped indefinitely. Derive the index from the position of the rq within priv->rq instead, which is correct regardless of whether XDP was ever enabled. Scripts to reproduce the stall are available at https://github.com/netoptimizer/veth-backpressure-performance-testing
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 9fe31b3f314534e238aa6d0b6fb492134cbcf8be , < b662a1fb4f3a5ea19bac24eea8315b1d05be51e7 (git)
Affected: dc82a33297fc2c58cb0b2b008d728668d45c0f6a , < 73f8dd22b1e533a99ecc3f9b5de6c6daccaecace (git)
Affected: dc82a33297fc2c58cb0b2b008d728668d45c0f6a , < 90bb11fb29d3c55a2c46dc7c386d096b286e7fcf (git)
Affected: dc82a33297fc2c58cb0b2b008d728668d45c0f6a , < 60db47f02bfa2aa688938aa199117ec4f8e31d23 (git)
Affected: 6.12.61 , < 6.12.105 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.105 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.46 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.10 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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