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CVE-2025-37953 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sch_htb: make htb_deactivate() idempotent Alan reported a NULL pointer dereference in htb_next_rb_node() after we made htb_qlen_notify() idempotent. It turns out in the following case it introduced some regression: htb_dequeue_tree(): |-> fq_codel_dequeue() |-> qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() |-> htb_qlen_notify() |-> htb_deactivate() |-> htb_next_rb_node() |-> htb_deactivate() For htb_next_rb_node(), after calling the 1st htb_deactivate(), the clprio[prio]->ptr could be already set to NULL, which means htb_next_rb_node() is vulnerable here. For htb_deactivate(), although we checked qlen before calling it, in case of qlen==0 after qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(), we may call it again which triggers the warning inside. To fix the issues here, we need to: 1) Make htb_deactivate() idempotent, that is, simply return if we already call it before. 2) Make htb_next_rb_node() safe against ptr==NULL. Many thanks to Alan for testing and for the reproducer.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ff70ad39485698cf779f2078132d80b57f6c07 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3769478610135e82b262640252d90f6efb05be71 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98cd7ed92753090a714f0802d4434314526fe61d kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99ff8a20fd61315bf9ae627440a5ff07d22ee153 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9945f7cf1709adc5d2d31cb6cfc85627ce299a8 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d25fddd867ce20a266806634eeeb5c30cb520c kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4792b9e38d2f61b07eac72f10909fa76130314b kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c928dd4f6bf0c25c72b11824a1e9ac9bd37296a0 kernel.org Patch 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html CVE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-37953
NVD Published Date:
05/20/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/17/2025
Source:
kernel.org