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sch_hfsc scheduler

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The sch_hfsc scheduler is a Linux kernel traffic control component that implements Hierarchical Fair Service Curve scheduling. On WindowsForum.com, discussions about sch_hfsc focus on CVE-2026-31423, a vulnerability where a divide-by-zero error in the rtsc_min() function could cause a kernel oops. The issue arose from a 32-bit integer truncation in slope calculations, fixed by switching to 64-bit math using div64_u64(). This security bug affects Linux systems using the sch_hfsc scheduler and has been patched in stable kernel updates. The tag covers kernel security, traffic scheduling, and arithmetic corner cases in the Linux network stack.
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    CVE-2026-31423: Linux sch_hfsc Divide-by-Zero Fixed by 64-bit Math

    CVE-2026-31423 is a sharp reminder that kernel bugs do not need to be glamorous to matter. In this case, the Linux kernel’s sch_hfsc traffic scheduler could hit a divide-by-zero in rtsc_min() when an internal slope calculation produced a boundary-value result that was silently truncated to zero...
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