CVE-2025-37798
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
12.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2025-05-02 · modified 2026-07-30
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-05-02 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-30 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() After making all ->qlen_notify() callbacks idempotent, now it is safe to remove the check of qlen!=0 from both fq_codel_dequeue() and codel_qdisc_dequeue().
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f9761a94bae33d26e6a81b31b36e7d776d93dc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/342debc12183b51773b3345ba267e9263bdfaaef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d55144b12e742404bb3f8fee6038bafbf45619d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a742a9506849d1c1aa71e36c89855ceddc7d58e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/829c49b6b2ff45b043739168fd1245e4e1a91a30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a57fe60ef4cf96bfbb6b58397ec28bdb5a5c6b31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc71a757da78dd4aa1b4a9b19cb011833730ccf2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e73c838c80dccb9e4f19becc11d9f3cb4a27d483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda741fe155ddf5ecd2dd3bfbd4fc3c0c7dbb450
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html