CVE-2025-38322

high

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.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e97c45c770f5e56c784a46c2a96ab968d26b97d9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0823d5fbacb1c551d793cbfe7af24e0d1fa45ed

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85cc69acdcb05f8cd226b8ea0778b8e2e887e6f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e2dd573116d3338507c311460da9669095c94d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/702ea6028032d6c1fe96c2d4762a3575e3654819

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-10

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018