CVE-2025-38115

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net_sched: sch_sfq: fix a potential crash on gso_skb handling

SFQ has an assumption of always being able to queue at least one packet.

However, after the blamed commit, sch->q.len can be inflated by packets

in sch->gso_skb, and an enqueue() on an empty SFQ qdisc can be followed

by an immediate drop.

Fix sfq_drop() to properly clear q->tail in this situation.

ip netns add lb

ip link add dev to-lb type veth peer name in-lb netns lb

ethtool -K to-lb tso off # force qdisc to requeue gso_skb

ip netns exec lb ethtool -K in-lb gro on # enable NAPI

ip link set dev to-lb up

ip -netns lb link set dev in-lb up

ip addr add dev to-lb 192.168.20.1/24

ip -netns lb addr add dev in-lb 192.168.20.2/24

tc qdisc replace dev to-lb root sfq limit 100

ip netns exec lb netserver

netperf -H 192.168.20.2 -l 100 &

netperf -H 192.168.20.2 -l 100 &

netperf -H 192.168.20.2 -l 100 &

netperf -H 192.168.20.2 -l 100 &

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References