HighFix available
net/sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_dev_notifier
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_dev_notifier Since taprio’s taprio_dev_notifier() isn’t protected by an RCU read-side critical section, a race with advance_sched() can lead to a use-after-free. Adding rcu_read_lock() inside taprio_dev_notifier() prevents this.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.6.95
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38087
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
net/sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_dev_notifier
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 30 Jun 2025, 07:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_dev_notifier Since taprio’s taprio_dev_notifier() isn’t protected by an RCU read-side critical section, a race with advance_sched() can lead to a use-after-free. Adding rcu_read_lock() inside taprio_dev_notifier() prevents this.
osv:CVE-2025-38087
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4
Complete source record
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