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CVE-2025-21919

7.8 high SSVC exploitation: none Modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/fair: Fix potential memory corruption in child_cfs_rq_on_list child_cfs_rq_on_list attempts to convert a 'prev' pointer to a cfs_rq. This 'prev' pointer can originate from struct rq's leaf_cfs_rq_list, making the conversion invalid and potentially leading to memory corruption. Depending on the relative positions of leaf_cfs_rq_list and the task group (tg) pointer within the struct, this can cause a memory fault or access garbage data. The issue arises in list_add_leaf_cfs_rq, where both cfs_rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list and rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list are added to the same leaf list. Also, rq->tmp_alone_branch can be set to rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list. This adds a check `if (prev == &rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list)` after the main conditional in child_cfs_rq_on_list. This ensures that the container_of operation will convert a correct cfs_rq struct. This check is sufficient because only cfs_rqs on the same CPU are added to the list, so verifying the 'prev' pointer against the current rq's list head is enough. Fixes a potential memory corruption issue that due to current struct layout might not be manifesting as a crash but could lead to unpredictable behavior when the layout changes.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 6

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 9