{"id":"CVE-2025-38193","revision":"a08d26b64abb422fafd974d5a2b22e7d","records":[{"revision":"a08d26b64abb422fafd974d5a2b22e7d","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2025-38193","aliases":[],"title":"net_sched: sch_sfq: reject invalid perturb period","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet_sched: sch_sfq: reject invalid perturb period\n\nGerrard Tai reported that SFQ perturb_period has no range check yet,\nand this can be used to trigger a race condition fixed in a separate patch.\n\nWe want to make sure ctl->perturb_period * HZ will not overflow\nand is positive.\n\n\ntc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb -10   # negative value : error\nError: sch_sfq: invalid perturb period.\n\ntc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb 1000000000 # too big : error\nError: sch_sfq: invalid perturb period.\n\ntc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb 2000000 # acceptable value\ntc -s -d qd sh dev lo\nqdisc sfq 8005: root refcnt 2 limit 127p quantum 64Kb depth 127 flows 128 divisor 1024 perturb 2000000sec\n Sent 0 bytes 0 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)\n backlog 0b 0p requeues 0","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-07-04T13:37:17.285+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T21:52:10.998+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/sched/sch_sfq.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"e0936ff56be4e08ad5b60ec26971eae0c40af305\",\n                    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