CVE-2025-38466
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Uprobes Instruction Injection
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Revert to requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobes Jann reports that uprobes can be used destructively when used in the middle of an instruction. The kernel only verifies there is a valid instruction at the requested offset, but due to variable instruction length cannot determine if this is an instruction as seen by the intended execution stream. Additionally, Mark Rutland notes that on architectures that mix data in the text segment (like arm64), a similar things can be done if the data word is 'mistaken' for an instruction. As such, require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobes.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
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 (25)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.189linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.146linux
linux/Kernel
5.8.0 - 5.10.240linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.15.7linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.99linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.39linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.8
Linux/Linux
5.10.240 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.189 - 5.15.*
... and 15 more
Published
Jul 25, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026