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CVE-2025-38424MEDIUM
Linux Linux — perf: Fix sample vs do_exit()
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0018    8.2     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    c5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7 –  —
  Linux    3.7 –                                       5.4.295
TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by Linux
  Jul 25  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-38424 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 10 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 16, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
July 25, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-38424 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxc5ebcedb566ef17bda7b02686e0d658a7bb42ee7
LinuxLinux3.75.4.295

References (10)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38424 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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