CVE-2025-38055

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000195
<NMI>
? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27
? page_fault_oops+0xca/0x290
? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1b0
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? intel_pmu_pebs_event_update_no_drain+0x40/0x60
? intel_pmu_pebs_event_update_no_drain+0x32/0x60
intel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl+0x333/0x350
handle_pmi_common+0x272/0x3c0
intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x10a/0x2e0
perf_event_nmi_handler+0x2a/0x50

That happens because intelpmupebseventupdatenodrain() assumes all the pebs_enabled bits represent counter indexes, which is not always the case. In this particular case, bits 60 and 61 are set for PEBS-via-PT purposes.

The behaviour of PEBS-via-PT with sample frequency is questionable because although a PMI is generated (PEBSPMIAFTEREACHRECORD), the period is not adjusted anyway.

Putting that aside, fix intelpmupebseventupdatenodrain() by passing the mask of counter bits instead of 'size'. Note, prior to the Fixes commit, 'size' would be limited to the maximum counter index, so the issue was not hit.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type: GIT
Repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events: Introduced

722e42e45c2f1c6d1adec7813651dba5139f52f4

Fixed

ca51db23166767a8445deb8331c9b8d5205d9287

Type: GIT
Repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events: Introduced

722e42e45c2f1c6d1adec7813651dba5139f52f4

Fixed

0b1874a5b1173fbcb2185ab828f4c33d067e551e

Type: GIT
Repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events: Introduced

722e42e45c2f1c6d1adec7813651dba5139f52f4

Fixed

99bcd91fabada0dbb1d5f0de44532d8008db93c6

Type: GIT
Repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events: Introduced

a9d6d466bcf0621a872e1052bc40e4c6f0541b8d

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.10.1

v5.10.10

v5.10.11

v5.10.12

v5.10.13

v5.10.14

v5.10.15

v5.10.16

v5.10.17

v5.10.18

v5.10.19

v5.10.2

v5.10.3

v5.10.4

v5.10.5

v5.10.6

v5.10.7

v5.10.8

v5.10.9

v5.11.1

v5.11.10

v5.11.11

v5.11.12

v5.11.13

v5.11.14

v5.11.15

v5.11.16

v5.11.17

v5.11.18

v5.11.19

v5.11.2

v5.11.20

v5.11.21

v5.11.3

v5.11.4

v5.11.5

v5.11.6

v5.11.7

v5.11.8

v5.11.9

v5.12.1

v5.12.10

v5.12.11

v5.12.12

v5.12.13

v5.12.14

v5.12.15

v5.12.16

v5.12.17

v5.12.18

v5.12.19

v5.12.2

v5.12.3

v5.12.4

v5.12.5

v5.12.6

v5.12.7

v5.12.8

v5.12.9

v5.13.1

v5.13.10

v5.13.11

v5.13.12

v5.13.13

v5.13.14

v5.13.15

v5.13.16

v5.13.17

v5.13.18

v5.13.2

v5.13.3

v5.13.4

v5.13.5

v5.13.6

v5.13.7

v5.13.8

v5.13.9

v5.14.1

v5.14.10

v5.14.11

v5.14.12

v5.14.13

v5.14.14

v5.14.15

v5.14.16

v5.14.17

v5.14.18

v5.14.19

v5.14.2

v5.14.20

v5.14.3

v5.14.4

v5.14.5

v5.14.6

v5.14.7

v5.14.8

v5.14.9

v5.15.1

v5.15.10

v5.15.11

v5.15.12

v5.15.13

v5.15.14

v5.15.15

v5.15.16

v5.15.17

v5.15.18

v5.15.19

v5.15.2

v5.15.3

v5.15.4

v5.15.5

v5.15.6

v5.15.7

v5.15.8

v5.15.9

v5.16.1

v5.16.10

v5.16.11

v5.16.12

v5.16.13

v5.16.14

v5.16.15

v5.16.16

v5.16.17

v5.16.18

v5.16.19

v5.16.2

v5.16.20

v5.16.3

v5.16.4

v5.16.5

v5.16.6

v5.16.7

v5.16.8

v5.16.9

v5.17.1

v5.17.10

v5.17.11

v5.17.12

v5.17.13

v5.17.14

v5.17.2

v5.17.3

v5.17.4

v5.17.5

v5.17.6

v5.17.7

v5.17.8

v5.17.9

v5.18.1

v5.18.10

v5.18.11

v5.18.12

v5.18.13

v5.18.14

v5.18.15

v5.18.16

v5.18.17

v5.18.18

v5.18.19

v5.18.2

v5.18.3

v5.18.4

v5.18.5

v5.18.6

v5.18.7

v5.18.8

v5.18.9

v5.19.1

v5.19.10

v5.19.11

v5.19.12

v5.19.13

v5.19.14

v5.19.15

v5.19.16

v5.19.2

v5.19.3

v5.19.4

v5.19.5

v5.19.6

v5.19.7

v5.19.8

v5.19.9

v5.6.1

v5.6.10

v5.6.11

v5.6.12

v5.6.13

v5.6.14

v5.6.15

v5.6.16

v5.6.17

v5.6.18

v5.6.2

v5.6.3

v5.6.4

v5.6.5

v5.6.6

v5.6.7

v5.6.8

v5.6.9

v5.7.1

v5.7.10

v5.7.11

v5.7.12

v5.7.13

v5.7.14

v5.7.15

v5.7.16

v5.7.2

v5.7.3

v5.7.4

v5.7.5

v5.7.6

v5.7.7

v5.7.8

v5.7.9

v5.8.1

v5.8.10

v5.8.11

v5.8.12

v5.8.13

v5.8.14

v5.8.15

v5.8.16

v5.8.17

v5.8.18

v5.8.2

v5.8.3

v5.8.4

v5.8.5

v5.8.6

v5.8.7

v5.8.8

v5.8.9

v5.9.1

v5.9.10

v5.9.11

v5.9.12

v5.9.13

v5.9.14

v5.9.15

v5.9.16

v5.9.2

v5.9.3

v5.9.4

v5.9.5

v5.9.6

v5.9.7

v5.9.8

v5.9.9

v6.*

v6.0.1

v6.0.10

v6.0.11

v6.0.12

v6.0.13

v6.0.14

v6.0.15

v6.0.16

v6.0.17

v6.0.18

v6.0.2

v6.0.3

v6.0.4

v6.0.5

v6.0.6

v6.0.7

v6.0.8

v6.0.9

v6.1.1

v6.1.10

v6.1.11

v6.1.12

v6.1.13

v6.1.14

v6.1.15

v6.1.2

v6.1.3

v6.1.4

v6.1.5

v6.1.6

v6.1.7

v6.1.8

v6.1.9

v6.10

v6.10-rc2

v6.10-rc3

v6.10-rc4

v6.10-rc5

v6.10-rc6

v6.10-rc7

v6.10.10

v6.10.11

v6.10.12

v6.10.13

v6.10.14

v6.10.5

v6.10.6

v6.10.7

v6.10.8

v6.10.9

v6.11

v6.11-rc1

v6.11-rc2

v6.11-rc3

v6.11-rc4

v6.11-rc5

v6.11-rc6

v6.11-rc7

v6.11.1

v6.11.10

v6.11.11

v6.11.2

v6.11.3

v6.11.4

v6.11.5

v6.11.6

v6.11.7

v6.11.8

v6.11.9

v6.12

v6.12-rc1

v6.12-rc2

v6.12-rc3

v6.12-rc4

v6.12-rc5

v6.12-rc6

v6.12-rc7

v6.12.1

v6.12.10

v6.12.11

v6.12.12

v6.12.13

v6.12.14

v6.12.15

v6.12.16

v6.12.17

v6.12.18

v6.12.19

v6.12.2

v6.12.20

v6.12.21

v6.12.22

v6.12.23

v6.12.24

v6.12.25

v6.12.26

v6.12.27

v6.12.28

v6.12.29

v6.12.3

v6.12.30

v6.12.4

v6.12.5

v6.12.6

v6.12.7

v6.12.8

v6.12.9

v6.13

v6.13-rc1

v6.13-rc2

v6.13-rc3

v6.13-rc4

v6.13-rc5

v6.13-rc6

v6.13-rc7

v6.13.1

v6.13.10

v6.13.11

v6.13.12

v6.13.2

v6.13.3

v6.13.4

v6.13.5

v6.13.6

v6.13.7

v6.13.8

v6.13.9

v6.14

v6.14-rc1

v6.14-rc2

v6.14-rc3

v6.14-rc4

v6.14-rc5

v6.14-rc6

v6.14-rc7

v6.14.1

v6.14.10

v6.14.11

v6.14.2

v6.14.3

v6.14.4

v6.14.5

v6.14.6

v6.14.7

v6.14.8

v6.14.9

v6.15

v6.15-rc1

v6.15-rc2

v6.15-rc3

v6.15-rc4

v6.15-rc5

v6.15-rc6

v6.15-rc7

v6.15.1

v6.15.10

v6.15.11

v6.15.2

v6.15.3

v6.15.4

v6.15.5

v6.15.6

v6.15.7

v6.15.8

v6.15.9

v6.16

v6.16-rc1

v6.16-rc2

v6.16-rc3

v6.16-rc4

v6.16-rc5

v6.16-rc6

v6.16-rc7

v6.16.1

v6.16.10

v6.16.11

v6.16.2

v6.16.3

v6.16.4

v6.16.5

v6.16.6

v6.16.7

v6.16.8

v6.16.9

v6.2.1

v6.2.10

v6.2.11

v6.2.12

v6.2.13

v6.2.14

v6.2.15

v6.2.2

v6.2.3

v6.2.4

v6.2.5

v6.2.6

v6.2.7

v6.2.8

v6.2.9

v6.3.1

v6.3.10

v6.3.11

v6.3.12

v6.3.2

v6.3.3

v6.3.4

v6.3.5

v6.3.6

v6.3.7

v6.3.8

v6.3.9

v6.4.1

v6.4.10

v6.4.11

v6.4.12

v6.4.13

v6.4.14

v6.4.15

v6.4.16

v6.4.2

v6.4.3

v6.4.4

v6.4.5

v6.4.6

v6.4.7

v6.4.8

v6.4.9

v6.5.1

v6.5.10

v6.5.11

v6.5.12

v6.5.13

v6.5.2

v6.5.3

v6.5.4

v6.5.5

v6.5.6

v6.5.7

v6.5.8

v6.5.9

v6.6.1

v6.6.10

v6.6.11

v6.6.12

v6.6.13

v6.6.14

v6.6.2

v6.6.3

v6.6.4

v6.6.5

v6.6.6

v6.6.7

v6.6.8

v6.6.9

v6.7.1

v6.7.10

v6.7.11

v6.7.2

v6.7.3

v6.7.4

v6.7.5

v6.7.6

v6.7.7

v6.7.8

v6.7.9

v6.8.1

v6.8.10

v6.8.11

v6.8.2

v6.8.3

v6.8.4

v6.8.5

v6.8.6

v6.8.7

v6.8.8

v6.8.9

v6.9.1

v6.9.10

v6.9.11

v6.9.12

v6.9.2

v6.9.3

v6.9.4

v6.9.5

v6.9.6

v6.9.7

v6.9.8

v6.9.9

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name: Kernel

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

6.11.0

Fixed

6.12.31

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

6.13.0

Fixed

6.14.9