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CVE-2025-37797

net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling

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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.

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Timeline
  • 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 5.4.293
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 5.10.237
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 5.15.181
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 6.1.136
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 6.6.89
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 6.12.26
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 6.14.5
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Linux
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>= 4.14 < 6.15-rc4
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