Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38001 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <e5bee633cc276410337d54b99f77fbc1ad8801e5 || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <6672e6c00810056acaac019fe26cdc26fee8a66c || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <2c928b3a0b04a431ffcd6c8b7d88a267124a3a28 || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <a0ec22fa20b252edbe070a9de8501eef63c17ef5 || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <295f7c579b07b5b7cf2dffe485f71cc2f27647cb || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <2f2190ce4ca972051cac6a8d7937448f8cb9673c || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <4e38eaaabfb7fffbb371a51150203e19eee5d70e || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <39ed887b1dd2d6b720f87e86692ac3006cc111c8 || >=37d9cf1a3ce35de3df6f7d209bfb1f50cf188cea <ac9fe7dd8e730a103ae4481147395cc73492d786 | e5bee633cc276410337d54b99f77fbc1ad8801e5, 6672e6c00810056acaac019fe26cdc26fee8a66c, 2c928b3a0b04a431ffcd6c8b7d88a267124a3a28, a0ec22fa20b252edbe070a9de8501eef63c17ef5, 295f7c579b07b5b7cf2dffe485f71cc2f27647cb, 2f2190ce4ca972051cac6a8d7937448f8cb9673c, 4e38eaaabfb7fffbb371a51150203e19eee5d70e, 39ed887b1dd2d6b720f87e86692ac3006cc111c8, ac9fe7dd8e730a103ae4481147395cc73492d786 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 6, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice Savino says: "We are writing to report that this recent patch (141d34391abbb315d68556b7c67ad97885407547) [1] can be bypassed, and a UAF can still occur when HFSC is utilized with NETEM. The patch only checks the cl->cl_nactive field to determine whether it is the first insertion or not [2], but this field is only incremented by init_vf [3]. By using HFSC_RSC (which uses init_ed) [4], it is possible to bypass the check and insert the class twice in the eltree. Under normal conditions, this would lead to an infinite loop in hfsc_dequeue for the reasons we already explained in this report [5]. However, if TBF is added as root qdisc and it is configured with a very low rate, it can be utilized to prevent packets from being dequeued. This behavior can be exploited to perform subsequent insertions in the HFSC eltree and cause a UAF." To fix both the UAF and the infinite loop, with netem as an hfsc child, check explicitly in hfsc_enqueue whether the class is already in the eltree whenever the HFSC_RSC flag is set. [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=141d34391abbb315d68556b7c67ad97885407547 [2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L1572 [3] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L677 [4] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L1574 [5] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/8DuRWwfqjoRDLDmBMlIfbrsZg9Gx50DHJc1ilxsEBNe2D6NMoigR_eIRIG0LOjMc3r10nUUZtArXx4oZBIdUfZQrwjcQhdinnMis_0G7VEk=@willsroot.io/T/#u
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