CVE-2025-38586

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38586
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38586.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38586
Downstream
Published
2025-08-19T17:03:08.012Z
Modified
2025-11-27T02:33:47.895148Z
Summary
bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary

In the ARM64 BPF JIT when prog->aux->exceptionboundary is set for a BPF program, findusedcalleeregs() is not called because for a program acting as exception boundary, all callee saved registers are saved. findusedcallee_regs() sets ctx->fp_used = true; when it sees FP being used in any of the instructions.

For programs acting as exception boundary, ctx->fp_used remains false even if frame pointer is used by the program and therefore, FP is not set-up for such programs in the prologue. This can cause the kernel to crash due to a pagefault.

Fix it by setting ctx->fp_used = true for exception boundary programs as fp is always saved in such programs.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/cc431b3424123d84bcd7afd4de150b33f117a8ef/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38586.json"
}
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
5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff
Fixed
0dbef493cae7d451f740558665893c000adb2321
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff
Fixed
e23184725dbb72d5d02940222eee36dbba2aa422
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff
Fixed
1ce30231e0a2c8c361ee5f8f7f265fc17130adce
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff
Fixed
b114fcee766d5101eada1aca7bb5fd0a86c89b35

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.12.0
Fixed
6.12.42
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.15.10
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.16.0
Fixed
6.16.1