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CVE-2025-38568VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-38568: Linux hwe edge · In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing

Affects linux-hwe-edgeSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 Medium : upgrade to 9.8 when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade redhat/kernel to 9.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/kernelpkg:rpm/redhat/kernelOther threatsAffected
  • =9
  • <9.8
Fixed in
  • 9.8

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the available kernel updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:1617 and reboot affected systems to ensure the fixes take effect. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update and rebooting.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing TCA_MQPRIO_TC_ENTRY_INDEX is validated using NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE), which allows the value TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE (16). This leads to a 4-byte out-of-bounds stack write in the fp[] array, which only has room for 16 elements (0–15). Fix this by changing the policy to allow only up to TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE - 1.

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