CVE-2025-21692: net: sched: fix ets qdisc OOB Indexing

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-21692?

CVE-2025-21692 has been classified with a high severity due to the potential for Out-Of-Bound access leading to local privilege escalation.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-21692?

To fix CVE-2025-21692, update the Linux kernel to a version where the vulnerability has been patched.

Q: What systems are affected by CVE-2025-21692?

CVE-2025-21692 affects various versions of the Linux kernel, particularly those not updated to the latest secure versions.

Q: Is CVE-2025-21692 a remote exploitation vulnerability?

No, CVE-2025-21692 is a local exploitation vulnerability requiring an authenticated user to trigger the overflow.

Q: What can happen if CVE-2025-21692 is exploited?

If exploited, CVE-2025-21692 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the affected system.

Published Feb 10, 2025

Updated

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

net: sched: fix ets qdisc OOB Indexing

Haowei Yan <g1042620637@gmail.com> found that etsclassfromarg() can index an Out-Of-Bound class in etsclassfromarg() when passed clid of 0. The overflow may cause local privilege escalation.

[ 18.852298] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 18.853271] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/sched/schets.c:93:20 [ 18.853743] index 18446744073709551615 is out of range for type 'etsclass [16]' [ 18.854254] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1275 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.12.6-dirty #17 [ 18.854821] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 18.856532] Call Trace: [ 18.857441] <TASK> [ 18.858227] dumpstacklvl+0xc2/0xf0 [ 18.859607] dumpstack+0x10/0x20 [ 18.860908] ubsanhandleoutofbounds+0xa7/0xf0 [ 18.864022] etsclasschange+0x3d6/0x3f0 [ 18.864322] tcctltclass+0x251/0x910 [ 18.864587] ? lockacquire+0x5e/0x140 [ 18.865113] ? mutexlock+0x9c/0xe70 [ 18.866009] ? mutexlock+0xa34/0xe70 [ 18.866401] rtnetlinkrcvmsg+0x170/0x6f0 [ 18.866806] ? lockacquire+0x578/0xc10 [ 18.867184] ? pfxrtnetlinkrcvmsg+0x10/0x10 [ 18.867503] netlinkrcvskb+0x59/0x110 [ 18.867776] rtnetlinkrcv+0x15/0x30 [ 18.868159] netlinkunicast+0x1c3/0x2b0 [ 18.868440] netlinksendmsg+0x239/0x4b0 [ 18.868721] syssendmsg+0x3e2/0x410 [ 18.869012] syssendmsg+0x88/0xe0 [ 18.869276] ? rseqipfixup+0x198/0x260 [ 18.869563] ? rsequpdatecpunodeid+0x10a/0x190 [ 18.869900] ? tracehardirqsoff+0x5a/0xd0 [ 18.870196] ? syscallexittousermode+0xcc/0x220 [ 18.870547] ? dosyscall64+0x93/0x150 [ 18.870821] ? memcgslabfreehook+0x69/0x290 [ 18.871157] syssendmsg+0x69/0xd0 [ 18.871416] x64syssendmsg+0x1d/0x30 [ 18.871699] x64syscall+0x9e2/0x2670 [ 18.871979] dosyscall64+0x87/0x150 [ 18.873280] ? dosyscall64+0x93/0x150 [ 18.874742] ? lockrelease+0x7b/0x160 [ 18.876157] ? douseraddrfault+0x5ce/0x8f0 [ 18.877833] ? irqentryexittousermode+0xc2/0x210 [ 18.879608] ? irqentryexit+0x77/0xb0 [ 18.879808] ? clearbhbloop+0x15/0x70 [ 18.880023] ? clearbhbloop+0x15/0x70 [ 18.880223] ? clearbhbloop+0x15/0x70 [ 18.880426] entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 18.880683] RIP: 0033:0x44a957 [ 18.880851] Code: ff ff e8 fc 00 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 8974 24 10 [ 18.881766] RSP: 002b:00007ffcdd00fad8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIGRAX: 000000000000002e [ 18.882149] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffcdd010db8 RCX: 000000000044a957 [ 18.882507] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffcdd00fb70 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 18.885037] RBP: 00007ffcdd010bc0 R08: 000000000703c770 R09: 000000000703c7c0 [ 18.887203] R10: 0000000000000080 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 [ 18.888026] R13: 00007ffcdd010da8 R14: 00000000004ca7d0 R15: 0000000000000001 [ 18.888395] </TASK> [ 18.888610] ---[ end trace ]---

Affected Software

174 affected componentsFixes available

Linux Linux kernel

Linux Linux kernel>=5.6<5.10.234

Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.178

Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.128

Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.75

Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.12

Linux Linux kernel=6.13

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc1

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc5

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc6

Linux Linux kernel=6.13-rc7

debian/linux<=5.10.223-1

5.10.234-16.1.129-16.1.135-16.12.25-1

debian/linux-6.1

6.1.129-1~deb11u1

Microsoft cbl2 kernel 5.15.176.3-3

Patch available

Microsoft cbl2 kernel 5.15.180.1-1

Patch available

Microsoft azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1

Patch available

Microsoft cbl2 kernel 5.15.176.3-3

Patch available

Microsoft azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9

Patch available

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15<5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1

5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1086.95~20.04.1

5.15.0-1086.95~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15<5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1

5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1

5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.15<5.15.0-1074.77~20.04.1

5.15.0-1074.77~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1

5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-135.146~20.04.1

5.15.0-135.146~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15<5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1

5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.15<5.15.0-1075.79~20.04.1

5.15.0-1075.79~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

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ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

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ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15<5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1

5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-135.146

5.15.0-135.146

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1080.87

5.15.0-1080.87

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1

6.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1084.93

5.15.0-1084.93

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1030.35~22.04.1

6.8.0-1030.35~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<5.15.0-1084.93.1

5.15.0-1084.93.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1079.88

5.15.0-1079.88

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1031.33~22.04.1

6.8.0-1031.33~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1077.83

5.15.0-1077.83

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<5.15.0-1062.70

5.15.0-1062.70

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1

6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1072.75

5.15.0-1072.75

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1027.27~22.04.1

6.8.0-1027.27~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime<5.15.0-1073.75

5.15.0-1073.75

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg<5.15.0-1075.81

5.15.0-1075.81

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1076.81

5.15.0-1076.81

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-135.146

5.15.0-135.146

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-62.65.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-62.65.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<5.15.0-1074.75

5.15.0-1074.75

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1029.32~22.04.1

6.8.0-1029.32~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<5.15.0-1033.33

5.15.0-1033.33

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx<5.15.0-1021.21

5.15.0-1021.21

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1077.83

5.15.0-1077.83

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1027.28~22.04.1

6.8.0-1027.28~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.15.0-1074.77

5.15.0-1074.77

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-62.65~22.04.1

6.8.0-62.65~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.15.0-1044.48

5.15.0-1044.48

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.15.0-1062.64

5.15.0-1062.64

ubuntu/linux-realtime<5.15.0-1080.88

5.15.0-1080.88

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1023.24~22.04.1

6.8.1-1023.24~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.15.0-1080.87+fips1

5.15.0-1080.87+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.15.0-1083.92+fips1

5.15.0-1083.92+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.15.0-135.146+fips1

5.15.0-135.146+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.15.0-1079.88+fips1

5.15.0-1079.88+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-62.65

6.8.0-62.65

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1030.32

6.8.0-1030.32

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1030.35

6.8.0-1030.35

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11<6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1

6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1018.19

6.8.0-1018.19

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1031.33

6.8.0-1031.33

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11<6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1

6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1026.30

6.8.0-1026.30

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1013.15

6.8.0-1013.15

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11<6.11.0-24.24~24.04.1

6.11.0-24.24~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1027.27

6.8.0-1027.27

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-62.65.1

6.8.0-62.65.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11<6.11.0-1012.13~24.04.1

6.11.0-1012.13~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1029.32

6.8.0-1029.32

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11<6.11.0-1007.7

6.11.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1029.32.1

6.8.0-1029.32.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1008.8

6.8.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11<6.11.0-1020.20

6.11.0-1020.20

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8<6.8.0-1029.29

6.8.0-1029.29

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1027.28

6.8.0-1027.28

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1029.33

6.8.0-1029.33

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1017.18

6.8.0-1017.18

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2024.25

6.8.0-2024.25

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1023.24

6.8.1-1023.24

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-78.78+fips1

6.8.0-78.78+fips1

ubuntu/linux-vmware*

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Event History

Feb 10, 2025

CVE Published

via MITRE·03:58 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·03:58 PM

DescriptionSeverity

Data Sourced

via OSV·04:15 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Data Sourced

via NVD·04:15 PM

RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Mar 14, 2025

Data Sourced

via Microsoft·07:00 AM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Data Sourced

via Microsoft·07:00 AM

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-21692?

CVE-2025-21692 has been classified with a high severity due to the potential for Out-Of-Bound access leading to local privilege escalation.

How do I fix CVE-2025-21692?

To fix CVE-2025-21692, update the Linux kernel to a version where the vulnerability has been patched.

What systems are affected by CVE-2025-21692?

CVE-2025-21692 affects various versions of the Linux kernel, particularly those not updated to the latest secure versions.

Is CVE-2025-21692 a remote exploitation vulnerability?

No, CVE-2025-21692 is a local exploitation vulnerability requiring an authenticated user to trigger the overflow.

What can happen if CVE-2025-21692 is exploited?

If exploited, CVE-2025-21692 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the affected system.

CVE-2025-21692: net: sched: fix ets qdisc OOB Indexing

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What is the severity of CVE-2025-21692?

How do I fix CVE-2025-21692?

What systems are affected by CVE-2025-21692?

Is CVE-2025-21692 a remote exploitation vulnerability?

What can happen if CVE-2025-21692 is exploited?

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