# CVE-2024-36244: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.5, 5.9
- Published: 2024-06-21 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.4.68, fixed in 5.5; from 5.8.12, fixed in 5.9
- Linux: 5.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too It is possible for syzbot to side-step the restriction imposed by the blamed commit in the Fixes: tag, because the taprio UAPI permits a cycle-time different from (and potentially shorter than) the sum of entry intervals. We need one more restriction, which is that the cycle time itself must be larger than N * ETH_ZLEN bit times, where N is the number of schedule entries. This restriction needs to apply regardless of whether the cycle time came from the user or was the implicit, auto-calculated value, so we move the existing "cycle == 0" check outside the "if "(!new->cycle_time)" branch. This way covers both conditions and scenarios. Add a selftest which illustrates the issue triggered by syzbot.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34d83c3e6e97867ae061d14eb52123404aab1cbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b939d1e04a90248b4cdf417b0969c270ceb992b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f249b01fe490fce11fbb4307952ca8cce78724
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb66df20a7201e60f2b13d7f95d031b31a8831d3

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