CVE-2026-53011

Technical Description

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

net/sched: taprio: fix use-after-free in advance_sched() on schedule switch

In advance_sched(), when should_change_schedules() returns true,

switch_schedules() is called to promote the admin schedule to oper.

switch_schedules() queues the old oper schedule for RCU freeing via

call_rcu(), but 'next' still points into an entry of the old oper

schedule. The subsequent 'next->end_time = end_time' and

rcu_assign_pointer(q->current_entry, next) are use-after-free.

Fix this by selecting 'next' from the new oper schedule immediately

after switch_schedules(), and using its pre-calculated end_time.

setup_first_end_time() sets the first entry's end_time to

base_time + interval when the schedule is installed, so the value

is already correct.

The deleted 'end_time = sched_base_time(admin)' assignment was also

harmful independently: it would overwrite the new first entry's

pre-calculated end_time with just base_time.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References