CVE-2025-68325
net/sched: sch_cake: Fix incorrect qlen reduction in cake_drop
- Published
- Dec 18, 2025
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Linux
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 9.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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. To ensure correct compensation when ACK thinning is enabled, a new variable is introduced to keep qlen unchanged.
Sources
1PoC CVE-2025-68325
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