Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1. The impacted element is the function airoha_tc_get_htb_get_leaf_queue. Such manipulation leads to state issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22061. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.14.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function airoha_tc_get_htb_get_leaf_queue. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: airoha: Fix qid report in airoha_tc_get_htb_get_leaf_queue() Fix the following kernel warning deleting HTB offloaded leafs and/or root HTB qdisc in airoha_eth driver properly reporting qid in airoha_tc_get_htb_get_leaf_queue routine. $tc qdisc replace dev eth1 root handle 10: htb offload $tc class add dev eth1 arent 10: classid 10:4 htb rate 100mbit ceil 100mbit $tc qdisc replace dev eth1 parent 10:4 handle 4: ets bands 8 \ quanta 1514 3028 4542 6056 7570 9084 10598 12112 $tc qdisc del dev eth1 root [ 55.827864] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 55.832493] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2678 at 0xffffffc0798695a4 [ 55.956510] CPU: 3 PID: 2678 Comm: tc Tainted: G O 6.6.71 #0 [ 55.963557] Hardware name: Airoha AN7581 Evaluation Board (DT) [ 55.969383] pstate: 20400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 55.976344] pc : 0xffffffc0798695a4 [ 55.979851] lr : 0xffffffc079869a20 [ 55.983358] sp : ffffffc0850536a0 [ 55.986665] x29: ffffffc0850536a0 x28: 0000000000000024 x27: 0000000000000001 [ 55.993800] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffffff8008b19000 x24: ffffff800222e800 [ 56.000935] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffffff8008b19000 [ 56.008071] x20: ffffff8002225800 x19: ffffff800379d000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 56.015206] x17: ffffffbf9ea59000 x16: ffffffc080018000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 56.022342] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000001 [ 56.029478] x11: ffffffc081471008 x10: ffffffc081575a98 x9 : 0000000000000000 [ 56.036614] x8 : ffffffc08167fd40 x7 : ffffffc08069e104 x6 : ffffff8007f86000 [ 56.043748] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000001 [ 56.050884] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000250 x0 : ffffff800222c000 [ 56.058020] Call trace: [ 56.060459] 0xffffffc0798695a4 [ 56.063618] 0xffffffc079869a20 [ 56.066777] __qdisc_destroy+0x40/0xa0 [ 56.070528] qdisc_put+0x54/0x6c [ 56.073748] qdisc_graft+0x41c/0x648 [ 56.077324] tc_get_qdisc+0x168/0x2f8 [ 56.080978] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x230/0x330 [ 56.085076] netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x128 [ 56.088913] rtnetlink_rcv+0x14/0x1c [ 56.092490] netlink_unicast+0x1e0/0x2c8 [ 56.096413] netlink_sendmsg+0x198/0x3c8 [ 56.100337] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1c4/0x274 [ 56.104261] ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0 [ 56.107924] __sys_sendmsg+0x44/0x98 [ 56.111492] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x20/0x28 [ 56.115580] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x58/0xfc [ 56.120285] do_el0_svc+0x3c/0xbc [ 56.123592] el0_svc+0x18/0x4c [ 56.126647] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x124 [ 56.131005] el0t_64_sync+0x150/0x154 [ 56.134660] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22061 since 12/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/15/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240657 (Ubuntu 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7594-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.14.2 or 6.15-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d7f76197e49e46a8c082a6fededaa8a07e69a860/57b290d97c6150774bf929117ca737a26d8fc33d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240657) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0844). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell Avamar
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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