CVE-2025-38424

EUVD-2025-22661
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
3.7 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.295
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.239
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.186
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.142
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.95
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.35
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.15.4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc2
debiandebian_linux
11.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.159-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.162-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
5.10.249-1
fixed
forky
6.18.9-1
fixed
sid
6.18.12-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.63-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.73-1
fixed
linux-6.1
bullseye (security)
6.1.162-1~deb11u1
fixed