Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-70162.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-70162
Upstream
Published
2025-05-09T07:16:09Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:21:42.083273Z
Summary
CVE-2025-37884 affecting package kernel 5.15.200.1-1
Details

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

bpf: Fix deadlock between rcutaskstrace and event_mutex.

Fix the following deadlock: CPU A freeevent() perfkprobedestroy() mutexlock(&eventmutex) perftraceeventunreg() synchronizercutaskstrace()

There are several paths where freeevent() grabs eventmutex and calls syncrcutaskstrace. Above is one such case.

CPU B bpfprogtestrunsyscall() rcureadlocktrace() bpfprogrunpinoncpu() bpfprogload() bpftracingfuncproto() tracesetclrevent() mutexlock(&eventmutex)

Delegate tracesetclr_event() to workqueue to avoid such lock dependency.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
5.15.200.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-70162.json"