CVE-2025-38322

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 10, 2025
First seenJul 10, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.1.149, 6.6.101, 6.12.49, 6.14, 6.15.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.1.134 ≤ v < 6.1.149, 6.6.87 ≤ v < 6.6.101, 6.12.23 ≤ v < 6.12.49, 6.13.11 ≤ v < 6.14, 6.14.2 ≤ v < 6.15.4, 6.166.1.149, 6.6.101, 6.12.49, 6.14, 6.15.4
debian debian_linux11.0—

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