A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kernel.dance/b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kernel.dance/b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 22:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 13
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kernel.dance/b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kernel.dance/b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html