CVE-2025-21703CWE-416

CVE-2025-21703

High · published February 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()

qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() notifies parent qdisc only if child

qdisc becomes empty, therefore we need to reduce the backlog of the

child qdisc before calling it. Otherwise it would miss the opportunity

to call cops->qlen_notify(), in the case of DRR, it resulted in UAF

since DRR uses ->qlen_notify() to maintain its active list.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00304 · 21.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-02-18T20:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.4.288, < 5.4.2915.4.291
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.10.232, < 5.10.2355.10.235
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15.175, < 5.15.1795.15.179
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.1.121, < 6.1.1296.1.129
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.6.67, < 6.6.786.6.78
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.12.6, < 6.12.146.12.14
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.13.36.13.3
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 14:37Z
    netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()
    cvelistv5