CVE-2025-68798 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/amd: Check event before enable to avoid GPF On AMD machines cpuc->events[idx] can become NULL in a subtle race condition with NMI->throttle->x86_pmu_stop(). Check event for NULL in amd_pmu_enable_all() before enable to avoid a GPF. This appears to be an AMD only issue. Syzkaller reported a GPF in amd_pmu_enable_all. INFO: NMI handler (perf_event_nmi_handler) took too long to run: 13.143 msecs Oops: general protecti…