[SRU][N][PATCH v2 1/1] net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling

[Ian Whitfield]

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong at gmail.com>

This patch fixes a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the HFSC qdisc class
handling. The issue occurs due to a time-of-check/time-of-use condition
in hfsc_change_class() when working with certain child qdiscs like netem
or codel.

The vulnerability works as follows:
1. hfsc_change_class() checks if a class has packets (q.qlen != 0)
2. It then calls qdisc_peek_len(), which for certain qdiscs (e.g.,
   codel, netem) might drop packets and empty the queue
3. The code continues assuming the queue is still non-empty, adding
   the class to vttree
4. This breaks HFSC scheduler assumptions that only non-empty classes
   are in vttree
5. Later, when the class is destroyed, this can lead to a Use-After-Free

The fix adds a second queue length check after qdisc_peek_len() to verify
the queue wasn't emptied.

Fixes: 21f4d5cc25ec ("net_sched/hfsc: fix curve activation in hfsc_change_class()")
Reported-by: Gerrard Tai <gerrard.tai at starlabs.sg>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs at mojatatu.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250417184732.943057-2-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>
(cherry picked from commit 3df275ef0a6ae181e8428a6589ef5d5231e58b5c)
CVE-2025-37797
Signed-off-by: Ian Whitfield <ian.whitfield at canonical.com>
---
 net/sched/sch_hfsc.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c
index e90f36173317..4e26b2669255 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ hfsc_change_class(struct Qdisc *sch, u32 classid, u32 parentid,
 
 	if (cl != NULL) {
 		int old_flags;
+		int len = 0;
 
 		if (parentid) {
 			if (cl->cl_parent &&
@@ -991,9 +992,13 @@ hfsc_change_class(struct Qdisc *sch, u32 classid, u32 parentid,
 		if (usc != NULL)
 			hfsc_change_usc(cl, usc, cur_time);
 
+		if (cl->qdisc->q.qlen != 0)
+			len = qdisc_peek_len(cl->qdisc);
+		/* Check queue length again since some qdisc implementations
+		 * (e.g., netem/codel) might empty the queue during the peek
+		 * operation.
+		 */
 		if (cl->qdisc->q.qlen != 0) {
-			int len = qdisc_peek_len(cl->qdisc);
-
 			if (cl->cl_flags & HFSC_RSC) {
 				if (old_flags & HFSC_RSC)
 					update_ed(cl, len);
-- 
2.43.0