CVE-2025-38177
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sch_hfsc: make hfsc_qlen_notify() idempotent hfsc_qlen_notify() is not idempotent either and not friendly to its callers, like fq_codel_dequeue(). Let's make it idempotent to ease qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() callers' life: 1. update_vf() decreases cl->cl_nactive, so we can check whether it is non-zero before calling it. 2. eltree_remove() always removes RB node cl->el_node, but we can use RB_EMPTY_NODE() + RB_CLEAR_NODE() to make it safe.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-459
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.297
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.241
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.190
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.138
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.90
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.28
- Linux Kernel < 6.14.6
- Linux Kernel 6.15
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0475c85426b18eccdcb7f9fb58d8f8e9c6c58c87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51eb3b65544c9efd6a1026889ee5fb5aa62da3bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c61ffbeeb8c50f6d4d70c65d3283aa1bac57a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9030a91235ae4845ec71902c3e0cecfc9ed1f2df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5fd5c2f4d4afdd5e405083ee53e0789ce76956
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5efc95a33bd4fcb879250852828cc58c7862970
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1175c4ad01dbc9c979d099861fa90a754f72059
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06476714d2819b550e0cc39222347e2c8941c9d
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0475c85426b18eccdcb7f9fb58d8f8e9c6c58c87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51eb3b65544c9efd6a1026889ee5fb5aa62da3bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c61ffbeeb8c50f6d4d70c65d3283aa1bac57a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9030a91235ae4845ec71902c3e0cecfc9ed1f2df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5fd5c2f4d4afdd5e405083ee53e0789ce76956
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5efc95a33bd4fcb879250852828cc58c7862970
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1175c4ad01dbc9c979d099861fa90a754f72059
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06476714d2819b550e0cc39222347e2c8941c9d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html