# CVE-2026-98317: neighbour: Enforce min/max to NDTPA\_INTERVAL\_PROBE\_TIME\_MS.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.54, 7.2.8
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 211da42eaa45db7b0edfde187dd88a85fbd466b5, fixed in 982c7f66c04134b77126edbfd8a63ecd6928cfd9; from 211da42eaa45db7b0edfde187dd88a85fbd466b5, fixed in 8550b50e49b01b572e653e572f24ddd73949aa74; from 211da42eaa45db7b0edfde187dd88a85fbd466b5, fixed in 6d79b223ec44ada58ad37db42f539b60985a7722
- Linux: 6.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.18.54; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: neighbour: Enforce min/max to NDTPA_INTERVAL_PROBE_TIME_MS. NDTPA_INTERVAL_PROBE_TIME_MS sets .type and .min but misses .validation_type, so no validation is applied: # ynl --family rt-neigh --do setneightbl \ --json '{"name": "arp_cache", "parms": {"interval-probe-time-ms": 0}}' # ynl --family rt-neigh --dump getneightbl --output-json | \ jq '.[] | select(.name == "arp_cache" and has("config")) | .parms["interval-probe-time-ms"]' 0 Moreover, nla_get_msecs() uses msecs_to_jiffies(), and u64 is silently cast to u32, so a larger value can bypass the min check: e.g. 4294967296 == 0x100000000 # ynl --family rt-neigh --do setneightbl \ --json '{"name": "arp_cache", "parms": {"interval-probe-time-ms": 4294967296}}' # ynl --family rt-neigh --dump getneightbl --output-json | \ jq '.[] | select(.name == "arp_cache" and has("config")) | .parms["interval-probe-time-ms"]' 0 msecs_to_jiffies() returns MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET if the value is larger than INT_MAX. Also, INT_MAX ms overflows int NEIGH_VAR() when HZ > 1000 (Alpha, MIPS), and passing a negative integer to queue_delayed_work(unsigned long delay) causes sign extension, which wraps around the expiry time to the past, resulting in it being handled as 0 delay in the timer wheel. Let's use NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE() and limit the max to 1 day. The same max check is applied to sysctl as well. Note that this controls the probe interval for NTF_MANAGED entries, so the max of 1 day is unlikely to break any deployments.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.54, 7.2.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982c7f66c04134b77126edbfd8a63ecd6928cfd9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8550b50e49b01b572e653e572f24ddd73949aa74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d79b223ec44ada58ad37db42f539b60985a7722

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