Description

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

net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc

As described in Gerrard's report [1], there are use cases where a netem
child qdisc will make the parent qdisc's enqueue callback reentrant.
In the case of ets, there won't be a UAF, but the code will add the same
classifier to the list twice, which will cause memory corruption.

In addition to checking for qlen being zero, this patch checks whether
the class was already added to the active_list (cl_is_active) before
doing the addition to cater for the reentrant case.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAHcdcOm+03OD2j6R0=YHKqmy=VgJ8xEOKuP6c7mSgnp-TEJJbw@mail.gmail.com/

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-37914

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.55% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37914
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554acc5a2ea9703e08023eb9a003f9e5a830a502
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9efb6a0fa88e0910d079fdfeb4f7ce4d4ac6c990
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c3da7e6ceb74e74ddbb5a305a35c9fdfcac6e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f01e9f961605eb397c6ecd1d7b0233dfbf9077c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc321f714de693aae06e3786f88df2975376d996
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6d0c00fa07972384b0c308c72db091d49988b6

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