Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.12.111-136.204 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH612111136204-20857533
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Sept 2026

Introduced: 25 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-98010  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.111-136.204 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3193.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.12.111-136.204 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.12.111-136.204 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net/sched: drr: clamp quantum in change class

drr_change_class() rejects explicit quantum==0 but falls back to psched_mtu() with no floor. With a crafted size table qdisc_pkt_len reaches ~2 GiB, so quantum=1 (or a zero psched_mtu on a headerless device) makes the deficit-refill loop spin under the qdisc lock.

Add clamp_t(u32, quantum, 256, 1<<20) after the zero reject and on the fallback path. The explicit-zero reject is preserved.

Conditions to recreate the bug: CONFIG_NET_SCH_DRR=y. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via unshare -Urn suffices).

tc qdisc add dev dummy0 root drr tc class add dev dummy0 parent 1: classid 1:1 drr quantum 1

CVSS Base Scores

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