CVE-2025-37798
High
codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() After making all ->qlen_notify() callbacks idempotent, now it is safe to remove the check of qlen!=0 from both fq_codel_dequeue() and codel_qdisc_dequeue().
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 2, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-37798
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() After making all ->qlen_notify() callbacks idempotent, now it is safe to remove the check of qlen!=0 from both fq_codel_dequeue() and codel_qdisc_dequeue().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f9761a94bae33d26e6a81b31b36e7d776d93dc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/342debc12183b51773b3345ba267e9263bdfaaef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d55144b12e742404bb3f8fee6038bafbf45619d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a742a9506849d1c1aa71e36c89855ceddc7d58e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/829c49b6b2ff45b043739168fd1245e4e1a91a30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a57fe60ef4cf96bfbb6b58397ec28bdb5a5c6b31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc71a757da78dd4aa1b4a9b19cb011833730ccf2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e73c838c80dccb9e4f19becc11d9f3cb4a27d483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda741fe155ddf5ecd2dd3bfbd4fc3c0c7dbb450
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37798.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37798