CVE-2025-38457

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n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Abort __tc_modify_qdisc if parent class does not exist Lion's patch [1] revealed an ancient bug in the qdisc API. Whenever a user creates/modifies a qdisc specifying as a parent another qdisc, the qdisc API will, during grafting, detect that the user is not trying to attach to a class and reject. However grafting is performed after qdisc_create (and thus the qdiscs' init callback) is executed. In qdiscs that eventually call qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog during init or change (such as fq, hhf, choke, etc), an issue arises. For example, executing the following commands: sudo tc qdisc add dev lo root handle a: htb default 2 sudo tc qdisc add dev lo parent a: handle beef fq Qdiscs such as fq, hhf, choke, etc unconditionally invoke qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() in their control path init() or change() which then causes a failure to find the child class; however, that does not stop the unconditional invocation of the assumed child qdisc's qlen_notify with a null class. All these qdiscs make the assumption that class is non-null. The solution is ensure that qdisc_leaf() which looks up the parent class, and is invoked prior to qdisc_create(), should return failure on not finding the class. In this patch, we leverage qdisc_leaf to return ERR_PTRs whenever the parentid doesn't correspond to a class, so that we can detect it earlier on and abort before qdisc_create is called. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Configuration 2 (hide)

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History

22 Dec 2025, 21:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c165dde88eac405eebb59051ea1fe139a45803 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c165dde88eac405eebb59051ea1fe139a45803 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25452638f133ac19d75af3f928327d8016952c8e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25452638f133ac19d75af3f928327d8016952c8e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c691d1b6b6dbd73f30ed9ee7da05f037b0c49af - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c691d1b6b6dbd73f30ed9ee7da05f037b0c49af - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ecd651ef24ab50123692a4e3e25db93cb11602a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ecd651ef24ab50123692a4e3e25db93cb11602a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90436e72c9622c2f70389070088325a3232d339f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90436e72c9622c2f70389070088325a3232d339f - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/923a276c74e25073ae391e930792ac86a9f77f1e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/923a276c74e25073ae391e930792ac86a9f77f1e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28a383d6485c3bb51dc5953552f76c4dea33eea - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28a383d6485c3bb51dc5953552f76c4dea33eea - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffdde7bf5a439aaa1955ebd581f5c64ab1533963 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffdde7bf5a439aaa1955ebd581f5c64ab1533963 - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory
First Time Debian debian Linux
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo

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  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html -

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-25 16:15

Updated : 2025-12-22 21:49


NVD link : CVE-2025-38457

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38457

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38457


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