DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53624
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_fq: fix integer overflow of "credit" if sch_fq is configured with "initial quantum" having values greater than INT_MAX, the first assignment of "credit" does signed integer overflow to a very negative value. In this situation, the syzkaller script provided by Cristoph triggers the CPU soft-lockup warning even with few sockets. It's not an infinite loop, but "credit" wasn't probably meant to be minus 2Gb for each new flow. Capping "initial quantum" to INT_MAX proved to fix the issue. v2: validation of "initial quantum" is done in fq_policy, instead of open coding in fq_change() _ suggested by Jakub Kicinski
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.27-1, 0, 6.1.27-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux | 5.10.149-1, 5.10.158-1, 5.10.158-2 |
Timeline
- Oct 7, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated