CVE-2025-38466

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Uprobes Instruction Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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