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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0017 7.0 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – — Linux 2.6.12 – 5.4.297
TIMELINE Apr 16 Reserved by Linux Jul 4 Published (CNA: Linux) Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38193 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: sch_sfq: reject invalid perturb period Gerrard Tai reported that SFQ perturb_period has no range check yet, and this can be used to trigger a race condition fixed in a separate patch. We want to make sure ctl->perturb_period * HZ will not overflow and is positive. tc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb -10 # negative value : error Error: sch_sfq: invalid perturb period. tc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb 1000000000 # too big : error Error: sch_sfq: invalid perturb period. tc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb 2000000 # acceptable value tc -s -d qd sh dev lo qdisc sfq 8005: root refcnt 2 limit 127p quantum 64Kb depth 127 flows 128 divisor 1024 perturb 2000000sec Sent 0 bytes 0 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0) backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 4, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38193 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38193 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
Weaknesses: CWE-190
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