๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-39900

MEDIUM 5.5

net_sched: gen_estimator: fix est_timer() vs CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
2th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: gen_estimator: fix est_timer() vs CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y syzbot reported a WARNING in est_timer() [1] Problem here is that with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y, timer callbacks can be preempted. Adopt preempt_disable_nested()/preempt_enable_nested() to fix this. [1] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 16 at ./include/linux/seqlock.h:221 __seqprop_assert include/linux/seqlock.h:221 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 16 at ./include/linux/seqlock.h:221 est_timer+0x6dc/0x9f0 net/core/gen_estimator.c:93 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: ktimers/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025 RIP: 0010:__seqprop_assert include/linux/seqlock.h:221 [inline] RIP: 0010:est_timer+0x6dc/0x9f0 net/core/gen_estimator.c:93 Call Trace: <TASK> call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x5f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1798 [inline] __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline] __run_timer_base+0x648/0x970 kernel/time/timer.c:2384 run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2393 [inline] run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x180 kernel/time/timer.c:2403 handle_softirqs+0x22c/0x710 kernel/softirq.c:579 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:613 [inline] run_ktimerd+0xcf/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:1043 smpboot_thread_fn+0x53f/0xa60 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK>

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Published Oct 1, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 < a22ec2ee824be30803068a52f78f7ffe3bc879fb d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 < e79923824c48b930609680be04cb29253fc4a17d d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 < 9f74c0ea9b26d1505d55b61e36b1623dd347e1d1
Linux / Linux
6.12

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22ec2ee824be30803068a52f78f7ffe3bc879fb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e79923824c48b930609680be04cb29253fc4a17d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f74c0ea9b26d1505d55b61e36b1623dd347e1d1