CVE-2025-38322

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via perf/x86/intel icl_update_topdown_event Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/intel: Fix crash in icl_update_topdown_event() The perf_fuzzer found a hard-lockup crash on a RaptorLake machine: Oops: general protection fault, maybe for address 0xffff89aeceab400: 0000 CPU: 23 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/23 Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision 9660/0VJ762 RIP: 0010:native_read_pmc+0x7/0x40 Code: cc e8 8d a9 01 00 48 89 03 5b cd cc cc cc cc 0f 1f ... RSP: 000:fffb03100273de8 EFLAGS: 00010046 .... Call Trace: <TASK> icl_update_topdown_event+0x165/0x190 ? ktime_get+0x38/0xd0 intel_pmu_read_event+0xf9/0x210 __perf_event_read+0xf9/0x210 CPUs 16-23 are E-core CPUs that don't support the perf metrics feature. The icl_update_topdown_event() should not be invoked on these CPUs. It's a regression of commit: f9bdf1f95339 ("perf/x86/intel: Avoid disable PMU if !cpuc->enabled in sample read") The bug introduced by that commit is that the is_topdown_event() function is mistakenly used to replace the is_topdown_count() call to check if the topdown functions for the perf metrics feature should be invoked. Fix it.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel < 6.1.149linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.4linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.101linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.49linux
Linux/Linux < 6.15
Linux/Linux 06cd7bfbb86e9db3e9013ea6636ad2c6f0a1664d
Linux/Linux 3a8bec6583e5239de3bd597ab382dc6c2b0c29a1 - e97c45c770f5e56c784a46c2a96ab968d26b97d9
Linux/Linux 6.1.134 - 6.1.149
Linux/Linux 6.1.149 - 6.1.*
... and 16 more
Published Jul 10, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026