Local service interruption via undersized taprio cycle
Published Jun 21, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
Improper taprio cycle validation in the Linux kernel allows local users to interrupt service via a crafted traffic schedule. The taprio scheduler accepts a cycle time shorter than the aggregate minimum transmission time for all entries because validation covered only the sum of entry intervals. Reachability requires local low-privileged access to configure taprio; the malformed cycle can disrupt packet scheduling without exposing or modifying data.
Summary
What happened
Improper taprio cycle validation in the Linux kernel allows local users to interrupt service via a crafted traffic schedule. The taprio scheduler accepts a cycle time shorter than the aggregate minimum transmission time for all entries because validation covered only the sum of entry intervals. Reachability requires local low-privileged access to configure taprio; the malformed cycle can disrupt packet scheduling without exposing or modifying data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36244
- Published
- Jun 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.4.68 <5.5
- Affected versionversion=5.8.12 <5.9
- Affected versionversion=5.9
- Affected versionversion=817ff50796c5e364c879596509f83fcba194bb6f
- Affected versionversion=83bd58952b2b8543d8c48d1453975ab47a0a7504
- Affected versionversion=b5b73b26b3ca34574124ed7ae9c5ba8391a7f176 <34d83c3e6e97867ae061d14eb52123404aab1cbc
- Affected versionversion=b5b73b26b3ca34574124ed7ae9c5ba8391a7f176 <91f249b01fe490fce11fbb4307952ca8cce78724
- Affected versionversion=b5b73b26b3ca34574124ed7ae9c5ba8391a7f176 <b939d1e04a90248b4cdf417b0969c270ceb992b2
- Affected versionversion=b5b73b26b3ca34574124ed7ae9c5ba8391a7f176 <fb66df20a7201e60f2b13d7f95d031b31a8831d3
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- Linux taprio cycle-time selftestproof of concept · demonstrated
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