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CVE-2025-38424
published 2025-07-25

CVE-2025-38424: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix sample vs do_exit() Baisheng Gao reported an ARM64 crash, which Mark decoded as…

medium5.5CVSS 3.1
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix sample vs do_exit() Baisheng Gao reported an ARM64 crash, which Mark decoded as being a synchronous external abort -- most likely due to trying to access MMIO in bad ways. The crash further shows perf trying to do a user stack sample while in exit_mmap()'s tlb_finish_mmu() -- i.e. while tearing down the address space it is trying to access. It turns out that we stop perf after we tear down the userspace mm; a receipie for disaster, since perf likes to access userspace for various reasons. Flip this order by moving up where we stop perf in do_exit(). Additionally, harden PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN and PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER to abort when the current task does not have an mm (exit_mm() makes sure to set current->mm = NULL; before commencing with the actual teardown). Such that CPU wide events don't trip on this same problem.

Affected

37 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 7b8f3c72175c6a63a95cf2e219f8b78e2baad34e7b8f3c72175c6a63a95cf2e219f8b78e2baad34e
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 507c9a595bad3abd107c6a8857d7fd125d89f386507c9a595bad3abd107c6a8857d7fd125d89f386
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < a9f6aab7910a0ef2895797f15c947f6d1053160fa9f6aab7910a0ef2895797f15c947f6d1053160f
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 975ffddfa2e19823c719459d2364fcaa17673964975ffddfa2e19823c719459d2364fcaa17673964
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 2ee6044a693735396bb47eeaba1ac3ae26c1c99b2ee6044a693735396bb47eeaba1ac3ae26c1c99b
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 456019adaa2f5366b89c868dea9b483179bece54456019adaa2f5366b89c868dea9b483179bece54
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 7311970d07c4606362081250da95f2c7901fc0db7311970d07c4606362081250da95f2c7901fc0db
linuxlinux>= c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 < 4f6fc782128355931527cefe3eb45338abd8ab394f6fc782128355931527cefe3eb45338abd8ab39
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.244-15.10.244-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.147-16.1.147-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.35-16.12.35-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.35-16.12.35-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-156.1665.15.0-156.166
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.7 < 5.4.2955.4.295
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1865.15.186
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1426.1.142
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2395.10.239
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.46.15.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.956.6.95

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.6MEDIUM