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A Syzkaller Summer: Fixing False Positive Soft Lockups in net/sched Fuzzing

ID: 61ad5909-3c36-5fe8-8860-32356e997a04

STIX ID: report--61ad5909-3c36-5fe8-8860-32356e997a04

Feed Name: Will's Root

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2025-09-10

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Unknown

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A kernel vulnerability research blog describing extensive fuzzing of Linux net/sched that produced reproducible soft-lockups caused by extreme qdisc parameters and Syzkaller executor state leakage; the author details a minimal repro, Syzlang grammar changes to avoid false positives, turning the issue into a CTF challenge (HangBuzz101), and summarizes several CVEs found during the research—mostly local DoS with a few limited exploitable cases and associated bug-bounty activity.

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