CVE-2025-68798

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long to run: 13.143\n msecs\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n 0xdffffc0000000034: 0000 PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001a0-0x00000000000001a7]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 328415 Comm: repro_36674776 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-syzk\nRIP: 0010:x86_pmu_enable_event (arch/x86/events/perf_event.h:1195\n arch/x86/events/core.c:1430)\nRSP: 0018:ffff888118009d60 EFLAGS: 00010012\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001a0\nRBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002\nR13: ffff88811802a440 R14: ffff88811802a240 R15: ffff8881132d8601\nFS: 00007f097dfaa700(0000) GS:ffff888118000000(0000) GS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00000000200001c0 CR3: 0000000103d56000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\namd_pmu_enable_all (arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760 (discriminator 2))\nx86_pmu_enable (arch/x86/events/core.c:1360)\nevent_sched_out (kernel/events/core.c:1191 kernel/events/core.c:1186\n kernel/events/core.c:2346)\n__perf_remove_from_context (kernel/events/core.c:2435)\nevent_function (kernel/events/core.c:259)\nremote_function (kernel/events/core.c:92 (discriminator 1)\n kernel/events/core.c:72 (discriminator 1))\n__flush_smp_call_function_queue (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/csd.h:64\n kernel/smp.c:135 kernel/smp.c:540)\n__sysvec_call_function_single (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207\n ./arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:99 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:272)\nsysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47)\n arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47))\n </IRQ>"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": 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range [0x00000000000001a0-0x00000000000001a7]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 328415 Comm: repro_36674776 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-syzk\nRIP: 0010:x86_pmu_enable_event (arch/x86/events/perf_event.h:1195\n arch/x86/events/core.c:1430)\nRSP: 0018:ffff888118009d60 EFLAGS: 00010012\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001a0\nRBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002\nR13: ffff88811802a440 R14: ffff88811802a240 R15: ffff8881132d8601\nFS: 00007f097dfaa700(0000) GS:ffff888118000000(0000) GS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00000000200001c0 CR3: 0000000103d56000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\namd_pmu_enable_all (arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760 (discriminator 2))\nx86_pmu_enable (arch/x86/events/core.c:1360)\nevent_sched_out (kernel/events/core.c:1191 kernel/events/core.c:1186\n kernel/events/core.c:2346)\n__perf_remove_from_context (kernel/events/core.c:2435)\nevent_function (kernel/events/core.c:259)\nremote_function (kernel/events/core.c:92 (discriminator 1)\n kernel/events/core.c:72 (discriminator 1))\n__flush_smp_call_function_queue (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/csd.h:64\n kernel/smp.c:135 kernel/smp.c:540)\n__sysvec_call_function_single (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207\n ./arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:99 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:272)\nsysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47)\n arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47))\n </IRQ>"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nperf/x86/amd: Verificar evento antes de habilitar para evitar GPF\n\nEn m\u00e1quinas AMD, cpuc-&gt;events[idx] puede volverse NULL en una sutil condici\u00f3n de carrera con NMI-&gt;throttle-&gt;x86_pmu_stop().\n\nVerificar evento en busca de NULL en amd_pmu_enable_all() antes de habilitar para evitar un GPF. Esto parece ser un problema exclusivo de AMD.\n\nSyzkaller inform\u00f3 un GPF en amd_pmu_enable_all.\n\nINFO: El manejador NMI (perf_event_nmi_handler) tard\u00f3 demasiado en ejecutarse: 13.143\n msecs\nOops: fallo de protecci\u00f3n general, probablemente para direcci\u00f3n no can\u00f3nica\n 0xdffffc0000000034: 0000 PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nKASAN: desreferencia de puntero nulo en el rango [0x00000000000001a0-0x00000000000001a7]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 328415 Comm: repro_36674776 No contaminado 6.12.0-rc1-syzk\nRIP: 0010:x86_pmu_enable_event (arch/x86/events/perf_event.h:1195\n arch/x86/events/core.c:1430)\nRSP: 0018:ffff888118009d60 EFLAGS: 00010012\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001a0\nRBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002\nR13: ffff88811802a440 R14: ffff88811802a240 R15: ffff8881132d8601\nFS: 00007f097dfaa700(0000) GS:ffff888118000000(0000) GS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00000000200001c0 CR3: 0000000103d56000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nRastro de Llamada:\n \namd_pmu_enable_all (arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760 (discriminator 2))\nx86_pmu_enable (arch/x86/events/core.c:1360)\nevent_sched_out (kernel/events/core.c:1191 kernel/events/core.c:1186\n kernel/events/core.c:2346)\n__perf_remove_from_context (kernel/events/core.c:2435)\nevent_function (kernel/events/core.c:259)\nremote_function (kernel/events/core.c:92 (discriminator 1)\n kernel/events/core.c:72 (discriminator 1))\n__flush_smp_call_function_queue (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/csd.h:64\n kernel/smp.c:135 kernel/smp.c:540)\n__sysvec_call_function_single (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207\n ./arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:99 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:272)\nsysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47)\n arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47))\n "}], "id": "CVE-2025-68798", "lastModified": "2026-11-10T13:18:00.293", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-01-13T16:16:01.770", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c2e5c2acaae50e99d1c20a5a46e367c442fb3b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49324a0c40f7e9bae1bd0362d23fc42232e14621"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e41d9ec8d7cc3f01b9ba785e05f0ebef8b3b37f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866cf36bfee4fba6a492d2dcc5133f857e3446b0"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1028fb38b328084bc683a4efb001c95d3108573"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: perf/x86/amd: Check event before enable to avoid GPF", "id": "2429079", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429079"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nperf/x86/amd: Check event before enable to avoid GPF\nOn AMD machines cpuc->events[idx] can become NULL in a subtle race\ncondition with NMI->throttle->x86_pmu_stop().\nCheck event for NULL in amd_pmu_enable_all() before enable to avoid a GPF.\nThis appears to be an AMD only issue.\nSyzkaller reported a GPF in amd_pmu_enable_all.\nINFO: NMI handler (perf_event_nmi_handler) took too long to run: 13.143\nmsecs\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n0xdffffc0000000034: 0000 PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001a0-0x00000000000001a7]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 328415 Comm: repro_36674776 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-syzk\nRIP: 0010:x86_pmu_enable_event (arch/x86/events/perf_event.h:1195\narch/x86/events/core.c:1430)\nRSP: 0018:ffff888118009d60 EFLAGS: 00010012\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001a0\nRBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002\nR13: ffff88811802a440 R14: ffff88811802a240 R15: ffff8881132d8601\nFS: 00007f097dfaa700(0000) GS:ffff888118000000(0000) GS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00000000200001c0 CR3: 0000000103d56000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n<IRQ>\namd_pmu_enable_all (arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760 (discriminator 2))\nx86_pmu_enable (arch/x86/events/core.c:1360)\nevent_sched_out (kernel/events/core.c:1191 kernel/events/core.c:1186\nkernel/events/core.c:2346)\n__perf_remove_from_context (kernel/events/core.c:2435)\nevent_function (kernel/events/core.c:259)\nremote_function (kernel/events/core.c:92 (discriminator 1)\nkernel/events/core.c:72 (discriminator 1))\n__flush_smp_call_function_queue (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/csd.h:64\nkernel/smp.c:135 kernel/smp.c:540)\n__sysvec_call_function_single (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n./include/linux/jump_label.h:207\n./arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:99 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:272)\nsysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47)\narch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47))\n</IRQ>"], "name": "CVE-2025-68798", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2026-01-13T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68798\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68798\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026011307-CVE-2025-68798-ea9c@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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