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Katalog CVE

CVSS 5.5 · Medium EPSS 0,17%

Kerentanan NULL Pointer Dereference pada linux kernel, debian linux. Skor CVSS 3.1 5.5 (Medium) menurut NVD.

Deskripsi (NVD)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Return NULL when htb_lookup_leaf encounters an empty rbtree htb_lookup_leaf has a BUG_ON that can trigger with the following: tc qdisc del dev lo root tc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1: htb default 1 tc class add dev lo parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 64bit tc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:1 handle 2: netem tc qdisc add dev lo parent 2:1 handle 3: blackhole ping -I lo -c1 -W0.001 127.0.0.1 The root cause is the following: 1. htb_dequeue calls htb_dequeue_tree which calls the dequeue handler on the selected leaf qdisc 2. netem_dequeue calls enqueue on the child qdisc 3. blackhole_enqueue drops the packet and returns a value that is not just NET_XMIT_SUCCESS 4. Because of this, netem_dequeue calls qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog, and since qlen is now 0, it calls htb_qlen_notify -> htb_deactivate -> htb_deactiviate_prios -> htb_remove_class_from_row -> htb_safe_rb_erase 5. As this is the only class in the selected hprio rbtree, __rb_change_child in __rb_erase_augmented sets the rb_root pointer to NULL 6. Because blackhole_dequeue returns NULL, netem_dequeue returns NULL, which causes htb_dequeue_tree to call htb_lookup_leaf with the same hprio rbtree, and fail the BUG_ON The function graph for this scenario is shown here: 0) | htb_enqueue() { 0) + 13.635 us | netem_enqueue(); 0) 4.719 us | htb_activate_prios(); 0) # 2249.199 us | } 0) | htb_dequeue() { 0) 2.355 us | htb_lookup_leaf(); 0) | netem_dequeue() { 0) + 11.061 us | blackhole_enqueue(); 0) | qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() { 0) | qdisc_lookup_rcu() { 0) 1.873 us | qdisc_match_from_root(); 0) 6.292 us | } 0) 1.894 us | htb_search(); 0) | htb_qlen_notify() { 0) 2.655 us | htb_deactivate_prios(); 0) 6.933 us | } 0) + 25.227 us | } 0) 1.983 us | blackhole_dequeue(); 0) + 86.553 us | } 0) # 2932.761 us | qdisc_warn_nonwc(); 0) | htb_lookup_leaf() { 0) | BUG_ON(); ------------------------------------------ The full original bug report can be seen here [1]. We can fix this just by returning NULL instead of the BUG_ON, as htb_dequeue_tree returns NULL when htb_lookup_leaf returns NULL. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/pF5XOOIim0IuEfhI-SOxTgRvNoDwuux7UHKnE_Y5-zVd4wmGvNk2ceHjKb8ORnzw0cGwfmVu42g9dL7XyJLf1NEzaztboTWcm0Ogxuojoeo=@willsroot.io/

Rincian

Terbit di NVD
28 Juli 2025
Terakhir diubah
17 Juni 2026
Status NVD
Modified
CVSS 3.1
5.5 (Medium), sumber NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · uraikan di kalkulator
Jenis kelemahan (CWE)
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
EPSS (30 hari)
0,17% peluang dieksploitasi; lebih tinggi dari 6,0% CVE lain

Produk dan versi terdampak

VendorProdukVersi terdampak
linux linux kernel Versi 2.6.29 hingga sebelum 5.4.297
linux linux kernel Versi 5.5 hingga sebelum 5.10.241
linux linux kernel Versi 5.11 hingga sebelum 5.15.190
linux linux kernel Versi 5.16 hingga sebelum 6.1.147
linux linux kernel Versi 6.2 hingga sebelum 6.6.100
linux linux kernel Versi 6.7 hingga sebelum 6.12.40
linux linux kernel Versi 6.13 hingga sebelum 6.15.8
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 rc1
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 rc2
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 rc3
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 rc4
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 rc5
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 rc6
debian debian linux Versi 11.0

> Data dari konfigurasi CPE di NVD.

Referensi dan perbaikan

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