UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37797
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling This patch fixes a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the HFSC qdisc class handling. The issue occurs due to a time-of-check/time-of-use condition in hfsc_change_class() when working with certain child qdiscs like netem or codel. The vulnerability works as follows: 1. hfsc_change_class() checks if a class has packets (q.qlen != 0) 2. It then calls qdisc_peek_len(), which for certain qdiscs (e.g., codel, netem) might drop packets and empty the queue 3. The code continues assuming the queue is still non-empty, adding the class to vttree 4. This breaks HFSC scheduler assumptions that only non-empty classes are in vttree 5. Later, when the class is destroyed, this can lead to a Use-After-Free The fix adds a second queue length check after qdisc_peek_len() to verify the queue wasn't emptied.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling This patch fixes a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the HFSC qdisc class handling. The issue occurs due to a time-of-check/time-of-use condition in hfsc_change_class() when working with certain child qdiscs like netem or codel. The vulnerability works as follows: 1. hfsc_change_class() checks if a class has packets (q.qlen != 0) 2. It then calls qdisc_peek_len(), which for certain qdiscs (e.g., codel, netem) might drop packets and empty the queue 3. The code continues assuming the queue is still non-empty, adding the class to vttree 4. This breaks HFSC scheduler assumptions that only non-empty classes are in vttree 5. Later, when the class is destroyed, this can lead to a Use-After-Free The fix adds a second queue length check after qdisc_peek_len() to verify the queue wasn't emptied.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/3df275ef0a6ae181e8428a6589ef5d5231e58b5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d584a33e480ae80d105f43e0e7b56784da41b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28b09a067831f7317c3841812276022d6c940677
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39b9095dd3b55d9b2743df038c32138efa34a9de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa852e3605000d5c47035c3fc3a986d14ccfa9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df275ef0a6ae181e8428a6589ef5d5231e58b5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86cd4641c713455a4f1c8e54c370c598c2b1cee0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb583c88d23b72d8d16453d24856c99bd93dadf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcc8ede663569c704fb00a702973bd6c00373283
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37797
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7594-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7594-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7594-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7654-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7654-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7654-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7654-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7654-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7655-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7682-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7682-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7682-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7682-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7682-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7682-6
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7685-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7685-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7685-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7685-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7685-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7686-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7701-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7701-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7701-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7711-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7712-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7712-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7719-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7737-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7819-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7819-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7832-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37797