Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Affecting kernel-modules package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-KERNELMODULES-20230286
- published29 Sept 2026
- disclosed25 Sept 2026
Introduced: 25 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-98021 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:10 kernel-modules.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: reject oversized tx_queue_len at netlink parse time
rtnl_create_link() assigns IFLA_TXQLEN directly to dev->tx_queue_len without going through netif_change_tx_queue_len(), so a device created with "ip link add ... txqueuelen 500000" bypasses the S16_MAX cap and still triggers the oversized ring allocations in pfifo_fast, tun and tap. The veth peer nest (rtnl_nla_parse_ifinfomsg()) and the RTM_NEWLINK-on-existing-device path reach the same sinks.
Enforce the cap in ifla_policy instead: IFLA_TXQLEN becomes NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE(NLA_U32, &txqlen_range) with txqlen_range = { .min = 0, .max = S16_MAX }. All netlink consumers parse against this policy - rtnl_setlink(), rtnl_newlink() (create and change), and the veth peer nest - so every netlink path is capped at parse time and rejects the attribute with -ERANGE plus a proper "integer out of range" extack message before any device state is modified (the RTM_SETLINK half-application wart is gone with it).
Document the bound in the rt-link.yaml netlink spec.
Conditions to recreate the bug:
- CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y, CONFIG_VETH=y, CONFIG_USER_NS=y, CONFIG_NET_NS=y.
- Unprivileged user in a fresh user+net namespace (unshare -Urn): ip link add v0 txqueuelen 500000 type veth peer name v1 -> on the fixed kernel this is rejected with -ERANGE ("integer out of range" extack) instead of installing an oversized tx_queue_len that later inflates pfifo_fast/tun/tap ring allocations.
- ip link set v0 txqueuelen 500000 is likewise rejected at parse time.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541299
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98021
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa9e143bf51405665a793d4cc925e1c4f0c5922
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0880f0272ec022906a05587fd91416ebecc38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45ca9f59b6c7ea70e0a17054902b8a556913db34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a638a2625aa83160a394abe8e8b2e524a80c771b