CVE-2025-38001
net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice
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net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice Savino says: "We are writing to report that this recent patch (141d34391abbb315d68556b7c67ad97885407547) [1] can be bypassed, and a UAF can still occur when HFSC is utilized with NETEM. The patch only checks the cl->cl_nactive field to determine whether it is the first insertion or not [2], but this field is only incremented by init_vf [3]. By using HFSC_RSC (which uses init_ed) [4], it is possible to bypass the check and insert the class twice in the eltree. Under normal conditions, this would lead to an infinite loop in hfsc_dequeue for the reasons we already explained in this report [5]. However, if TBF is added as root qdisc and it is configured with a very low rate, it can be utilized to prevent packets from being dequeued. This behavior can be exploited to perform subsequent insertions in the HFSC eltree and cause a UAF." To fix both the UAF and the infinite loop, with netem as an hfsc child, check explicitly in hfsc_enqueue whether the class is already in the eltree whenever the HFSC_RSC flag is set. [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=141d34391abbb315d68556b7c67ad97885407547 [2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L1572 [3] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L677 [4] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L1574 [5] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/8DuRWwfqjoRDLDmBMlIfbrsZg9Gx50DHJc1ilxsEBNe2D6NMoigR_eIRIG0LOjMc3r10nUUZtArXx4oZBIdUfZQrwjcQhdinnMis_0G7VEk=@willsroot.io/T/#u
Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-06-06 | Updated 2025-07-13 | Assigner Linuxgit.kernel.org/...c/e5bee633cc276410337d54b99f77fbc1ad8801e5
git.kernel.org/...c/6672e6c00810056acaac019fe26cdc26fee8a66c
git.kernel.org/...c/2c928b3a0b04a431ffcd6c8b7d88a267124a3a28
git.kernel.org/...c/a0ec22fa20b252edbe070a9de8501eef63c17ef5
git.kernel.org/...c/295f7c579b07b5b7cf2dffe485f71cc2f27647cb
git.kernel.org/...c/2f2190ce4ca972051cac6a8d7937448f8cb9673c
git.kernel.org/...c/4e38eaaabfb7fffbb371a51150203e19eee5d70e
git.kernel.org/...c/39ed887b1dd2d6b720f87e86692ac3006cc111c8
git.kernel.org/...c/ac9fe7dd8e730a103ae4481147395cc73492d786
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