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Medium ยท CVSS 5.5CVE-2025-38684

net/sched: ets: use old 'nbands' while purging unused classesCVE-2025-38684

Answer in brief

CVE-2025-38684 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in net/sched: ets: use old 'nbands' while purging unused classes. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.

Published Sep 4, 2025Updated Nov 5, 2026Source checked Nov 5, 2026First seen by HOL Oct 28, 2026Material review Nov 5, 2026
Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk
Medium ยท CVSS 5.5
Exploitation
Not marked as known exploited
Affected software
6 mapped packages or products
Fix availability
Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 5.5. 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

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Affected products and reported versions
ProductAffected versionsFixed versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
PackageAffected rangeFixed version
Linux/Linuxgeneric>=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <bdfddcde86e8b9245d9c0c2efe2b6fe8dcf6bf41 || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <be9692dafdfb36d9c43afd9d4e1d9d9ba8e7b51b || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <97ec167cd2e8a81a2d87331a2ed92daf007542c8 || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <84a24fb446ee07b22b64aae6f0e3f4a38266310a || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <5b3b346bc4c2aa2c428735438a11989d251f32f1 || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <d69f4a258cd91b3bcef7089eb0401005aae2aed5 || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <970c1c731c4ede46d05f5b0355724d1e400cfbca || >=dcc68b4d8084e1ac9af0d4022d6b1aff6a139a33 <87c6efc5ce9c126ae4a781bc04504b83780e3650 || 3b290923ad2b23596208c1e29520badef4356a43 || >=5.4.296 <5.5bdfddcde86e8b9245d9c0c2efe2b6fe8dcf6bf41, be9692dafdfb36d9c43afd9d4e1d9d9ba8e7b51b, 97ec167cd2e8a81a2d87331a2ed92daf007542c8, 84a24fb446ee07b22b64aae6f0e3f4a38266310a, 5b3b346bc4c2aa2c428735438a11989d251f32f1, d69f4a258cd91b3bcef7089eb0401005aae2aed5, 970c1c731c4ede46d05f5b0355724d1e400cfbca, 87c6efc5ce9c126ae4a781bc04504b83780e3650, 5.5
Linux/Linuxgeneric5.6Not reported
Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100generic>=0 <V5.0V5.0

Recommended response

  1. 1Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Linux/Linux, Linux/Linux, Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100.
  2. 2Review the reported fix. Update Linux/Linux to bdfddcde86e8b9245d9c0c2efe2b6fe8dcf6bf41; Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100 to V5.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

  1. Published upstream

    Sep 4, 2025

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  2. Source modified

    Nov 5, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  3. First seen by HOL

    Oct 28, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

  • Source referencecert-portal.siemens.com
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencelists.debian.org
  • Source referencelists.debian.org
Upstream source description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: ets: use old 'nbands' while purging unused classes Shuang reported sch_ets test-case [1] crashing in ets_class_qlen_notify() after recent changes from Lion [2]. The problem is: in ets_qdisc_change() we purge unused DWRR queues; the value of 'q->nbands' is the new one, and the cleanup should be done with the old one. The problem is here since my first attempts to fix ets_qdisc_change(), but it surfaced again after the recent qdisc len accounting fixes. Fix it purging idle DWRR queues before assigning a new value of 'q->nbands', so that all purge operations find a consistent configuration: - old 'q->nbands' because it's needed by ets_class_find() - old 'q->nstrict' because it's needed by ets_class_is_strict() BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 62 UID: 0 PID: 39457 Comm: tc Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-116.el10.x86_64 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R640/06DKY5, BIOS 2.12.2 07/09/2021 RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x4/0x80 Code: ff 4c 39 c7 0f 84 39 19 8e ff b8 01 00 00 00 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <48> 8b 17 48 8b 4f 08 48 85 d2 0f 84 56 19 8e ff 48 85 c9 0f 84 ab RSP: 0018:ffffba186009f400 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00000000000000d6 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000004 RDX: ffff9f0fa29b69c0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffffffc12c2400 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000004 R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000004 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff9f0f8cfe0000 R14: 0000000000100005 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f2154f37480(0000) GS:ffff9f269c1c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001530be001 CR4: 00000000007726f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ets_class_qlen_notify+0x65/0x90 [sch_ets] qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog+0x74/0x110 ets_qdisc_change+0x630/0xa40 [sch_ets] __tc_modify_qdisc.constprop.0+0x216/0x7f0 tc_modify_qdisc+0x7c/0x120 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x145/0x3f0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x53/0x100 netlink_unicast+0x245/0x390 netlink_sendmsg+0x21b/0x470 ____sys_sendmsg+0x39d/0x3d0 ___sys_sendmsg+0x9a/0xe0 __sys_sendmsg+0x7a/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0x7d/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f2155114084 Code: 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bb 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d 25 f0 0c 00 00 74 13 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89 RSP: 002b:00007fff1fd7a988 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000560ec063e5e0 RCX: 00007f2155114084 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fff1fd7a9f0 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007fff1fd7aa60 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 000000000000003f R10: 0000560ee9b3a010 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007fff1fd7aae0 R13: 000000006891ccde R14: 0000560ec063e5e0 R15: 00007fff1fd7aad0 </TASK> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e08c7f4a6882f260011909a868311c6e9b54f3e4.1639153474.git.dcaratti@redhat.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.

Record context

Vulnerability class
Vulnerability
EPSS
Not reported
CWE IDs
CWE-476
Source
CVE List V5
Source checked
Nov 5, 2026
References
11 linked sources
Open source record