Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: ets: fix a race in ets_qdisc_change() Gerrard Tai reported a race condition in ETS, whenever SFQ perturb timer fires at the wrong time. The race is as follows: CPU 0 CPU 1 [1]: lock root [2]: qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() [3]: unlock root | | [5]: lock root | [6]: rehash | [7]: qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() | [4]: qdisc_put() This can be abused to underflow a parent's qlen. Calling qdisc_purge_queue() instead of qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() should fix the race, because all packets will be purged from the qdisc before releasing the lock.
Product status
699d82e9a6db29d509a71f1f2f4316231e6232e6 (git) before eb7b74e9754e1ba2088f914ad1f57a778b11894b
ce881ddbdc028fb1988b66e40e45ca0529c23b46 (git) before 0b479d0aa488cb478eb2e1d8868be946ac8afb4f
b05972f01e7d30419987a1f221b5593668fd6448 (git) before 347867cb424edae5fec1622712c8dd0a2c42918f
b05972f01e7d30419987a1f221b5593668fd6448 (git) before 0383b25488a545be168744336847549d4a2d3d6c
b05972f01e7d30419987a1f221b5593668fd6448 (git) before 073f64c03516bcfaf790f8edc772e0cfb8a84ec3
b05972f01e7d30419987a1f221b5593668fd6448 (git) before fed94bd51d62d2e0e006aa61480e94e5cd0582b0
b05972f01e7d30419987a1f221b5593668fd6448 (git) before d92adacdd8c2960be856e0b82acc5b7c5395fddb
fffa19b5e58c34004a0d6f642d9c24b11d213994 (git)
fb155f6597cd7bc3aeed668c3bb15fc3b7cb257d (git)
6.0
Any version before 6.0
5.10.239 (semver)
5.15.186 (semver)
6.1.142 (semver)
6.6.94 (semver)
6.12.34 (semver)
6.15.3 (semver)
6.16 (original_commit_for_fix)
References
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
git.kernel.org/...c/eb7b74e9754e1ba2088f914ad1f57a778b11894b
git.kernel.org/...c/0b479d0aa488cb478eb2e1d8868be946ac8afb4f
git.kernel.org/...c/347867cb424edae5fec1622712c8dd0a2c42918f
git.kernel.org/...c/0383b25488a545be168744336847549d4a2d3d6c
git.kernel.org/...c/073f64c03516bcfaf790f8edc772e0cfb8a84ec3
git.kernel.org/...c/fed94bd51d62d2e0e006aa61480e94e5cd0582b0
git.kernel.org/...c/d92adacdd8c2960be856e0b82acc5b7c5395fddb