CVE-2025-38466

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.
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Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 8%
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linux-oem-6.8
plucky
dne
noble
ignored
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.11
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi2
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-5.4
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-realtime
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv
plucky
needed
noble
ignored
jammy
ignored
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.8
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.11
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.15
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
pending
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.19
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.5
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.8
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-5.19
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-6.2
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-6.5
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
pending
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
pending
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
linux-aws
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
pending
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
linux-oracle
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
pending
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-raspi
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime
plucky
needed
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-intel
plucky
dne
noble
ignored
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-nvidia-6.11
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime-6.8
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne