Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-59919.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-59919
Upstream
Published
2025-04-01T16:15:22Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:19:52.477529Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2025-21919 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.85.1-2
Details

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

sched/fair: Fix potential memory corruption in childcfsrqonlist

childcfsrqonlist attempts to convert a 'prev' pointer to a cfsrq. This 'prev' pointer can originate from struct rq's leafcfsrqlist, making the conversion invalid and potentially leading to memory corruption. Depending on the relative positions of leafcfsrq_list and the task group (tg) pointer within the struct, this can cause a memory fault or access garbage data.

The issue arises in listaddleafcfsrq, where both cfsrq->leafcfsrqlist and rq->leafcfsrqlist are added to the same leaf list. Also, rq->tmpalonebranch can be set to rq->leafcfsrqlist.

This adds a check if (prev == &rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list) after the main conditional in childcfsrqonlist. This ensures that the containerof operation will convert a correct cfsrq struct.

This check is sufficient because only cfs_rqs on the same CPU are added to the list, so verifying the 'prev' pointer against the current rq's list head is enough.

Fixes a potential memory corruption issue that due to current struct layout might not be manifesting as a crash but could lead to unpredictable behavior when the layout changes.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.85.1-2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-59919.json"