# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-38000"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-06-06T13:03:35.405Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T21:52:06.159Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
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-2025-38000"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38000.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38000"
title: "sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue()\n\nWhen enqueuing the first packet to an HFSC class, hfsc_enqueue() calls the\nchild qdisc's peek() operation before incrementing sch-\u003eq.qlen and\nsch-\u003eqstats.backlog. If the child qdisc uses qdisc_peek_dequeued(), this may\ntrigger an immediate dequeue and potential packet drop. In such cases,\nqdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() is called, but the HFSC qdisc's qlen and backlog\nhave not yet been updated, leading to inconsistent queue accounting. This\ncan leave an empty HFSC class in the active list, causing further\nconsequences like use-after-free.\n\nThis patch fixes the bug by moving the increment of sch-\u003eq.qlen and\nsch-\u003eqstats.backlog before the call to the child qdisc's peek() operation.\nThis ensures that queue length and backlog are always accurate when packet\ndrops or dequeues are triggered during the peek."
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