CVE-2025-38568

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.4-6.6.101, 6.7-6.12.41, 6.13-6.15.9, 6.16 - Out-of-bounds Write in mqprio tc entry parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing TCA_MQPRIO_TC_ENTRY_INDEX is validated using NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE), which allows the value TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE (16). This leads to a 4-byte out-of-bounds stack write in the fp[] array, which only has room for 16 elements (0–15). Fix this by changing the policy to allow only up to TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE - 1.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.12.42 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.15.10 - 6.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.16.1 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.4
... and 7 more
Published Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026