Medium [CVE-2026-63982] Fix ethx:ingress -> ethy:egress -> ethx:ingress mirred loop
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-63982 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat package: kernel.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Fix ethx:ingress -> ethy:egress -> ethx:ingress mirred loop When mirred redirects to ingress (from either ingress or egress) the loop state from sched_mirred_dev array dev is lost because of 1) the packet deferral into the backlog and 2) the fact the sched_mirred_dev array is cleared.
In such cases, if there was a loop we won't discover it.
Here's a simple test to reproduce: ip a add dev port0 10.10.10.11/24 tc qdisc add dev port0 clsact tc filter add dev port0 egress protocol ip \ prio 10 matchall action mirred ingress redirect dev port1 tc qdisc add dev port1 clsact tc filter add dev port1 ingress protocol ip \ prio 10 matchall action mirred egress redirect dev port0 ping -c 1 -W0.01 10.10.10.10 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network scheduler component.
This vulnerability occurs when the `mirred` action, used for redirecting network traffic, fails to properly detect a redirection loop.
An attacker can exploit this by crafting specific network configurations that cause packets to be endlessly redirected, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition where system resources are exhausted and network operations are disrupted. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-835. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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