GHSA-6FMQ-5W8G-7PM6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-03 09:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net_sched: ets: fix a race in ets_qdisc_change()

Gerrard Tai reported a race condition in ETS, whenever SFQ perturb timer fires at the wrong time.

The race is as follows:

CPU 0 CPU 1 [1]: lock root

[3]: unlock root | | [5]: lock root | [6]: rehash | [7]: qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() |

This can be abused to underflow a parent's qlen.

Calling qdisc_purge_queue() instead of qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() should fix the race, because all packets will be purged from the qdisc before releasing the lock.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-38107"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet_sched: ets: fix a race in ets_qdisc_change()\n\nGerrard Tai reported a race condition in ETS, whenever SFQ perturb timer\nfires at the wrong time.\n\nThe race is as follows:\n\nCPU 0                                 CPU 1\n[1]: lock root\n[2]: qdisc_tree_flush_backlog()\n[3]: unlock root\n |\n |                                    [5]: lock root\n |                                    [6]: rehash\n |                                    [7]: qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()\n |\n[4]: qdisc_put()\n\nThis can be abused to underflow a parent\u0027s qlen.\n\nCalling qdisc_purge_queue() instead of qdisc_tree_flush_backlog()\nshould fix the race, because all packets will be purged from the qdisc\nbefore releasing the lock.",
  "id": "GHSA-6fmq-5w8g-7pm6",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T18:31:20Z",
  "published": "2025-07-03T09:30:33Z",
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