CVE-2025-68325
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: sch_cake: Fix incorrect qlen reduction in cake_drop
In cake_drop(), qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() is used to update the qlen and backlog of the qdisc hierarchy. Its caller, cake_enqueue(), assumes that the parent qdisc will enqueue the current packet. However, this assumption breaks when cake_enqueue() returns NET_XMIT_CN: the parent qdisc stops enqueuing current packet, leaving the tree qlen/backlog accounting inconsistent. This mismatch can lead to a NULL dereference (e.g., when the parent Qdisc is qfq_qdisc).
This patch computes the qlen/backlog delta in a more robust way by observing the difference before and after the series of cake_drop() calls, and then compensates the qdisc tree accounting if cake_enqueue() returns NET_XMIT_CN.
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To ensure correct compensation when ACK thinning is enabled, a new variable is introduced to keep qlen unchanged.
CVSS
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Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.20%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 9
- 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).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b6216f9b3d1c33c76f74511026e5de5385ee520
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38abf6e931b169ea88d7529b49096f53a5dcf8fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ed6c458530a547ed0c9ea0b02b19bab620be88b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/529c284cc2815c8350860e9a31722050fe7117cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fefc78f7f02d71810776fdeb119a05a946a27cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f4e3de41a3f115db35276c6b186ccbc913934a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d01f0e072dadb02fe10f436b940dd957aff0d7d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcb91be52eb6e92e00b533ebd7c77fecada537e1
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