CVE-2025-38637

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38637
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38637.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38637
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-04-18T07:01:34.564Z
Modified
2025-11-26T19:34:33.504292Z
Summary
net_sched: skbprio: Remove overly strict queue assertions
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/9c3874e559580d6c6ec8d449812ac11277724770/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38637.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
7abc8318ce0712182bf0783dcfdd9a6a8331160e
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
1284733bab736e598341f1d3f3b94e2a322864a8
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
32ee79682315e6d3c99947b3f38b078a09a66919
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
1dcc144c322a8d526b791135604c0663f1af9d85
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
864ca690ff135078d374bd565b9872f161c614bc
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
2f35b7673a3aa3d09b3eb05811669622ebaa98ca
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
2286770b07cb5268c03d11274b8efd43dff0d380
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
034b293bf17c124fec0f0e663f81203b00aa7a50
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
aea5f654e6b78a0c976f7a25950155932c77a53f
Fixed
ce8fe975fd99b49c29c42e50f2441ba53112b2e8

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.19.0
Fixed
5.4.292
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.236
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.180
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.134
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.87
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.23
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.13.11
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.14.0
Fixed
6.14.2