CVE-2025-21919
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
sched/fair: Fix potential memory corruption in child_cfs_rq_on_list
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 | affected | git | 5cb300dcdd27e6a351ac02541e0231261c775852 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 | affected | git | 000c9ee43928f2ce68a156dd40bab7616256f4dd | Unavailable | None listed |
| fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 | affected | git | 9cc7f0018609f75a349e42e3aebc3b0e905ba775 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 | affected | git | b5741e4b9ef3567613b2351384f91d3f16e59986 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 | affected | git | e1dd09df30ba86716cb2ffab97dc35195c01eb8f | Unavailable | None listed |
| fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 | affected | git | 3b4035ddbfc8e4521f85569998a7569668cccf51 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.13 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.13 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.179 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.131 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.83 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.19 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.13.7 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.13.* | None listed |
| 6.14 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |