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CVE-2025-38049
published 2025-04-18

CVE-2025-38049: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/resctrl: Fix allocation of cleanest CLOSID on platforms with no monitors Commit…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.25%
15.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/resctrl: Fix allocation of cleanest CLOSID on platforms with no monitors Commit 6eac36bb9eb0 ("x86/resctrl: Allocate the cleanest CLOSID by searching closid_num_dirty_rmid") added logic that causes resctrl to search for the CLOSID with the fewest dirty cache lines when creating a new control group, if requested by the arch code. This depends on the values read from the llc_occupancy counters. The logic is applicable to architectures where the CLOSID effectively forms part of the monitoring identifier and so do not allow complete freedom to choose an unused monitoring identifier for a given CLOSID. This support missed that some platforms may not have these counters. This causes a NULL pointer dereference when creating a new control group as the array was not allocated by dom_data_init(). As this feature isn't necessary on platforms that don't have cache occupancy monitors, add this to the check that occurs when a new control group is allocated.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.25-1 (forky)linux 6.12.25-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6eac36bb9eb0349c983313c71692c19d50b56878 < a8a1bcc27d4607227088d80483164289b5348293a8a1bcc27d4607227088d80483164289b5348293
linuxlinux>= 6eac36bb9eb0349c983313c71692c19d50b56878 < ed5addb55e403ad6598102bcf546e068ae01fef6ed5addb55e403ad6598102bcf546e068ae01fef6
linuxlinux>= 6eac36bb9eb0349c983313c71692c19d50b56878 < 93a418fc61da13d1ee4047d4d1327990f7a2816a93a418fc61da13d1ee4047d4d1327990f7a2816a
linuxlinux>= 6eac36bb9eb0349c983313c71692c19d50b56878 < a121798ae669351ec0697c94f71c3a692b2a755ba121798ae669351ec0697c94f71c3a692b2a755b
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.25-16.12.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.25-16.12.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.14.0-22.226.14.0-22.22
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.13.116.13.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.14 < 6.14.26.14.2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.9 < 6.12.236.12.23

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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