CVE-2025-37797
net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling
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Exploit Likelihood
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Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling This patch fixes a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the HFSC qdisc class
handling. The issue occurs due to a time-of-check/time-of-use condition
in hfsc_change_class() when working with certain child qdiscs like netem
or codel. The vulnerability works as follows:
1. hfsc_change_class() checks if a class has packets (q.qlen != 0)
2. It then calls qdisc_peek_len(), which for certain qdiscs (e.g., codel, netem) might drop packets and empty the queue
3. The code continues assuming the queue is still non-empty, adding the class to vttree
4. This breaks HFSC scheduler assumptions that only non-empty classes are in vttree
5. Later, when the class is destroyed, this can lead to a Use-After-Free The fix adds a second queue length check after qdisc_peek_len() to verify
the queue wasn't emptied.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-05-02 CVE Published
- 2025-05-02 CVE Updated
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- ---------- Exploited in Wild
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CWE
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References (9)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f4d5cc25ec0e6e8eb8420dd2c399e6d2fc7d14 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 5.4.293 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 5.4.293" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 5.10.237 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 5.10.237" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 5.15.181 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 5.15.181" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 6.1.136 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 6.1.136" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 6.6.89 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 6.6.89" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 6.12.26 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 6.12.26" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 6.14.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 6.14.5" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.14 < 6.15-rc4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.14 < 6.15-rc4" | en |
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