CVE-2025-39813
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/09/2025
Last modified:
16/09/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
ftrace: Fix potential warning in trace_printk_seq during ftrace_dump<br />
<br />
When calling ftrace_dump_one() concurrently with reading trace_pipe,<br />
a WARN_ON_ONCE() in trace_printk_seq() can be triggered due to a race<br />
condition.<br />
<br />
The issue occurs because:<br />
<br />
CPU0 (ftrace_dump) CPU1 (reader)<br />
echo z > /proc/sysrq-trigger<br />
<br />
!trace_empty(&iter)<br />
trace_iterator_reset(&iter) = s->seq.size)<br />
<br />
In the context between trace_empty() and trace_find_next_entry_inc()<br />
during ftrace_dump, the ring buffer data was consumed by other readers.<br />
This caused trace_find_next_entry_inc to return NULL, failing to populate<br />
`iter.seq`. At this point, due to the prior trace_iterator_reset, both<br />
`iter.seq.len` and `iter.seq.size` were set to 0. Since they are equal,<br />
the WARN_ON_ONCE condition is triggered.<br />
<br />
Move the trace_printk_seq() into the if block that checks to make sure the<br />
return value of trace_find_next_entry_inc() is non-NULL in<br />
ftrace_dump_one(), ensuring the &#39;iter.seq&#39; is properly populated before<br />
subsequent operations.
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c8fb7ae2ad27d81c8de3c4fe608c509f6a18aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4013aef2ced9b756a410f50d12df9ebe6a883e4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab0ec206deb99eb3baf8f1d7602aeaa91dbcc85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6f0f8873cc30fd4543b09adf03f7f51d293f0e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced94e137e6cd5e79c65564841d3b7695d0f5fa3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e80ff23ba8bdb0f41a1afe2657078e4097d13a9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f299353e7ccbcc5c2ed8993c48fbe7609cbe729a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbd4cf7ee4db65ef36796769fe978e9eba6f0de4