CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-38637

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-04-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-04-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-617

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: skbprio: Remove overly strict queue assertions In the current implementation, skbprio enqueue/dequeue contains an assertion that fails under certain conditions when SKBPRIO is used as a child qdisc under TBF with specific parameters. The failure occurs because TBF sometimes peeks at packets in the child qdisc without actually dequeuing them when tokens are unavailable. This peek operation creates a discrepancy between the parent and child qdisc queue length counters. When TBF later receives a high-priority packet, SKBPRIO's queue length may show a different value than what's reflected in its internal priority queue tracking, triggering the assertion. The fix removes this overly strict assertions in SKBPRIO, they are not necessary at all.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.19 < 5.4.292) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.236) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.180) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.134) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.87) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.23) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.13.11) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.14 < 6.14.2) • debian debian linux 11.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-617 Reachable Assertion weakness

References