CVE-2025-40083
Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via Null Dereference in sch_qfq agg_dequeue
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue To prevent a potential crash in agg_dequeue (net/sched/sch_qfq.c) when cl->qdisc->ops->peek(cl->qdisc) returns NULL, we check the return value before using it, similar to the existing approach in sch_hfsc.c. To avoid code duplication, the following changes are made: 1. Changed qdisc_warn_nonwc(include/net/pkt_sched.h) into a static inline function. 2. Moved qdisc_peek_len from net/sched/sch_hfsc.c to include/net/pkt_sched.h so that sch_qfq can reuse it. 3. Applied qdisc_peek_len in agg_dequeue to avoid crashing.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Scores
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
8.6%
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (22)
linux/Kernel
3.8.0 - 5.4.302linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.197linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.159linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.247linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.116linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.57linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.8
Linux/Linux
3.8
Linux/Linux
462dbc9101acd38e92eda93c0726857517a24bbd - 1bed56f089f09b465420bf23bb32985c305cfc28
Linux/Linux
462dbc9101acd38e92eda93c0726857517a24bbd - 3c2a8994807623c7655ece205667ae2cf74940aa
... and 12 more
Published
Oct 29, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026