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CVE-2025-38489

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
28/07/2025
Last modified:
19/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> s390/bpf: Fix bpf_arch_text_poke() with new_addr == NULL again<br /> <br /> Commit 7ded842b356d ("s390/bpf: Fix bpf_plt pointer arithmetic") has<br /> accidentally removed the critical piece of commit c730fce7c70c<br /> ("s390/bpf: Fix bpf_arch_text_poke() with new_addr == NULL"), causing<br /> intermittent kernel panics in e.g. perf&amp;#39;s on_switch() prog to reappear.<br /> <br /> Restore the fix and add a comment.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.6.26 (including) 6.6.100 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.8.5 (including) 6.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.9.1 (including) 6.12.40 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.15.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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