CVE-2025-40083
kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 29, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue
To prevent a potential crash in agg_dequeue (net/sched/sch_qfq.c) when cl->qdisc->ops->peek(cl->qdisc) returns NULL, we check the return value before using it, similar to the existing approach in sch_hfsc.c.
To avoid code duplication, the following changes are made:
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Changed qdisc_warn_nonwc(include/net/pkt_sched.h) into a static inline function.
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Moved qdisc_peek_len from net/sched/sch_hfsc.c to include/net/pkt_sched.h so that sch_qfq can reuse it.
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Applied qdisc_peek_len in agg_dequeue to avoid crashing.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference