DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38001
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice Savino says: "We are writing to report that this recent patch (141d34391abbb315d68556b7c67ad97885407547) [1] can be bypassed, and a UAF can still occur when HFSC is utilized with NETEM. The patch only checks the cl->cl_nactive field to determine whether it is the first insertion or not [2], but this field is only incremented by init_vf [3]. By using HFSC_RSC (which uses init_ed) [4], it is possible to bypass the check and insert the class twice in the eltree. Under normal conditions, this would lead to an infinite loop in hfsc_dequeue for the reasons we already explained in this report [5]. However, if TBF is added as root qdisc and it is configured with a very low rate, it can be utilized to prevent packets from being dequeued. This behavior can be exploited to perform subsequent insertions in the HFSC eltree and cause a UAF." To fix both the UAF and the infinite loop, with netem as an hfsc child, check explicitly in hfsc_enqueue whether the class is already in the eltree whenever the HFSC_RSC flag is set. [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=141d34391abbb315d68556b7c67ad97885407547 [2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L1572 [3] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L677 [4] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.15-rc5/source/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c#L1574 [5] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/8DuRWwfqjoRDLDmBMlIfbrsZg9Gx50DHJc1ilxsEBNe2D6NMoigR_eIRIG0LOjMc3r10nUUZtArXx4oZBIdUfZQrwjcQhdinnMis_0G7VEk=@willsroot.io/T/#u
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | *, 6.1.69-1, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux | 5.10.179-2, 5.10.178-3, 5.10.179-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux-6.1 | 6.1.129-1~deb11u1, 6.1.137-1~deb11u1, 6.1.140-1~deb11u1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- ngobao2002/CVE-2025-38001-test (github-poc-repo)
- Repository ini berisi Proof of Concept (PoC) untuk celah keamanan CVE-2025-38001 yang menyerang modul HFSC pada Kernel Linux. Dibuat khusus untuk bahan belajar kernel memory corruption dan audit sistem keamanan (github-poc-repo)
- Repository ini berisi Proof of Concept (PoC) untuk celah keamanan CVE-2025-38001 yang menyerang modul HFSC pada Kernel Linux. Dibuat khusus untuk bahan belajar kernel memory corruption dan audit sistem keamanan (github-poc)
- Public exploit for CVE-2025-38001 (github-poc)
- ngobao2002/CVE-2025-38001-test (github-poc)
- khoatran107/cve-2025-38001 (github-poc)
- CVE-2025-38001: Linux HFSC Eltree Use-After-Free - Debian 12 PoC (github-poc)
- 3510.3.8.yml (github-poc)
Timeline
- Jun 6, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated