CVE-2025-40083

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: 1. Changed qdisc_warn_nonwc(include/net/pkt_sched.h) into a static inline function. 2. Moved qdisc_peek_len from net/sched/sch_hfsc.c to include/net/pkt_sched.h so that sch_qfq can reuse it. 3. Applied qdisc_peek_len in agg_dequeue to avoid crashing.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2025-10-29

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bed56f089f09b465420bf23bb32985c305cfc28
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2a8994807623c7655ece205667ae2cf74940aa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ff8e74c8f8a68ec07ef837b95425dfe900d060f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ffa9d66187188e3068b5a3895e6ae1ee34f9199
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d84658a61322e5630c85c5388fc25e4a2d08b2

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