CVE-2025-38493

tracing/osnoise: Fix crash in timerlat_dump_stack()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/osnoise: Fix crash in timerlat_dump_stack() We have observed kernel panics when using timerlat with stack saving, with the following dmesg output: memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 88 byte write of buffer size 0 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 8153 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x55/0xa0 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 8153 Comm: timerlatu/2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.3-200.fc42.x86_64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Call Trace: <TASK> ? trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x2a/0x60 __fortify_panic+0xd/0xf __timerlat_dump_stack.cold+0xd/0xd timerlat_dump_stack.part.0+0x47/0x80 timerlat_fd_read+0x36d/0x390 vfs_read+0xe2/0x390 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d5/0x210 ksys_read+0x73/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x160 ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e __timerlat_dump_stack() constructs the ftrace stack entry like this: struct stack_entry *entry; ... memcpy(&entry->caller, fstack->calls, size); entry->size = fstack->nr_entries; Since commit e7186af7fb26 ("tracing: Add back FORTIFY_SOURCE logic to kernel_stack event structure"), struct stack_entry marks its caller field with __counted_by(size). At the time of the memcpy, entry->size contains garbage from the ringbuffer, which under some circumstances is zero, triggering a kernel panic by buffer overflow. Populate the size field before the memcpy so that the out-of-bounds check knows the correct size. This is analogous to __ftrace_trace_stack().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.13 ≤ v < 6.15.86.6 ≤ v < 6.12.406.6 ≤ v < 6.15.86.6 ≤ v < 6.166.6 ≤ v < 6.6.1006.7 ≤ v < 6.12.406.16 rc16.16 rc26.16 rc36.16 rc46.16 rc56.16 rc66.6e7186af7fb2609584a8bfb3da3c6ae09da5a5224
Vendor states this is fixed in 7bb9ea515cda027c9e717e27fefcf34f092e7c41 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 823d798900481875ba6c68217af028c5ffd2976b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 85a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c806 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fbf90f5aa7ac7cddc69148a71d58f12c8709ce2b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.100 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb9ea515cda027c9e717e27fefcf34f092e7c41
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823d798900481875ba6c68217af028c5ffd2976b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c806
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf90f5aa7ac7cddc69148a71d58f12c8709ce2b

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-674

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