CVE-2026-74740

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain tcf_action_exec() handles TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN by first checking rcu_access_pointer(a->goto_chain) and then calling tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(), which does a second, independent rcu_dereference_bh(a->goto_chain) read and immediately dereferences chain->filter_chain. A concurrent tcf_action_set_ctrlact() (e.g. the gact replace path) can clear a->goto_chain between the two reads, so the second read returns NULL and tcf_action_goto_chain_exec() dereferences NULL. Fix the race by doing a single rcu_dereference_bh() read of a->goto_chain in tcf_action_exec(), checking it once for NULL, and passing the resulting chain pointer into tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(). This turns the split check/use into a single check/use on one value.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-08-26 15:16:52.743000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:20:05.597000

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  "published": "2026-08-26T15:16:52.743",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:20:05.597",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain\n\ntcf_action_exec() handles TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN by first checking\nrcu_access_pointer(a->goto_chain) and then calling\ntcf_action_goto_chain_exec(), which does a second, independent\nrcu_dereference_bh(a->goto_chain) read and immediately dereferences\nchain->filter_chain. A concurrent tcf_action_set_ctrlact() (e.g. the gact\nreplace path) can clear a->goto_chain between the two reads, so the second\nread returns NULL and tcf_action_goto_chain_exec() dereferences NULL.\n\nFix the race by doing a single rcu_dereference_bh() read of a->goto_chain\nin tcf_action_exec(), checking it once for NULL, and passing the resulting\nchain pointer into tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(). This turns the split\ncheck/use into a single check/use on one value."
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