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CVE-2025-38493
published 2025-07-28

CVE-2025-38493: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/osnoise: Fix crash in timerlat_dump_stack() We have observed kernel panics when…

PriorityP423medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.15%
4.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/osnoise: Fix crash in timerlat_dump_stack() We have observed kernel panics when using timerlat with stack saving, with the following dmesg output: memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 88 byte write of buffer size 0 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 8153 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x55/0xa0 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 8153 Comm: timerlatu/2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.3-200.fc42.x86_64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Call Trace: ? trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x2a/0x60 __fortify_panic+0xd/0xf __timerlat_dump_stack.cold+0xd/0xd timerlat_dump_stack.part.0+0x47/0x80 timerlat_fd_read+0x36d/0x390 vfs_read+0xe2/0x390 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d5/0x210 ksys_read+0x73/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x160 ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e __timerlat_dump_stack() constructs the ftrace stack entry like this: struct stack_entry *entry; ... memcpy(&entry->caller, fstack->calls, size); entry->size = fstack->nr_entries; Since commit e7186af7fb26 ("tracing: Add back FORTIFY_SOURCE logic to kernel_stack event structure"), struct stack_entry marks its caller field with __counted_by(size). At the time of the memcpy, entry->size contains garbage from the ringbuffer, which under some circumstances is zero, triggering a kernel panic by buffer overflow. Populate the size field before the memcpy so that the out-of-bounds check knows the correct size. This is analogous to __ftrace_trace_stack().

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.16.3-1 (forky)linux 6.16.3-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= e7186af7fb2609584a8bfb3da3c6ae09da5a5224 < 823d798900481875ba6c68217af028c5ffd2976b823d798900481875ba6c68217af028c5ffd2976b
linuxlinux>= e7186af7fb2609584a8bfb3da3c6ae09da5a5224 < 7bb9ea515cda027c9e717e27fefcf34f092e7c417bb9ea515cda027c9e717e27fefcf34f092e7c41
linuxlinux>= e7186af7fb2609584a8bfb3da3c6ae09da5a5224 < fbf90f5aa7ac7cddc69148a71d58f12c8709ce2bfbf90f5aa7ac7cddc69148a71d58f12c8709ce2b
linuxlinux>= e7186af7fb2609584a8bfb3da3c6ae09da5a5224 < 85a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c80685a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c806
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.41-16.12.41-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.3-16.16.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.86.15.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6 < 6.6.1006.6.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.406.12.40
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-nvidia
ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.8
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.8
ubuntulinux-raspi-realtime
ubuntulinux-realtime

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc7.0HIGH
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu3.2LOW
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