CVE-2025-38108
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net_sched: red: fix a race in __red_change()
Gerrard Tai reported a race condition in RED, whenever SFQ perturb timer fires at the wrong time.
The race is as follows:
CPU 0 CPU 1 [1]: lock root [2]: qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() [3]: unlock root | | [5]: lock root | [6]: rehash | [7]: qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() | [4]: qdisc_put()
This can be abused to underflow a parent's qlen.
Calling qdisc_purge_queue() instead of qdisc_tree_flush_backlog() should fix the race, because all packets will be purged from the qdisc before releasing the lock.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Vulnerabilidad de race condition en kernel (CWE-362) con acceso local (AV:L) y privilegios locales (PR:L) que permite evasión de mecanismos de control de recursos, causando underflow en qlen del proceso padre (escalada de privilegios).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-362
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110a47efcf23438ff8d31dbd9c854fae2a48bf98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2790c4ec481be45a80948d059cd7c9a06bc37493
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a71924ca4af59ffc00f0444732b6cd54b153d0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/444ad445df5496a785705019268a8a84b84484bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b755305b2b0618e857fdadb499365b5f2e478d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a3e0ede38450ea3053b8c45d28cf55208409b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bf6a4e9264a685b0e642994031f9c5aad72414
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f569984417a4e12c67366e69bdcb752970de921d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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