{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-68216", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-16T13:41:40.256Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-16T13:57:11.303Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:48:58.041Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:48:58.041Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nLoongArch: BPF: Disable trampoline for kernel module function trace\n\nThe current LoongArch BPF trampoline implementation is incompatible\nwith tracing functions in kernel modules. This causes several severe\nand user-visible problems:\n\n* The `bpf_selftests/module_attach` test fails consistently.\n* Kernel lockup when a BPF program is attached to a module function [1].\n* Critical kernel modules like WireGuard experience traffic disruption\n when their functions are traced with fentry [2].\n\nGiven the severity and the potential for other unknown side-effects, it\nis safest to disable the feature entirely for now. This patch prevents\nthe BPF subsystem from allowing trampoline attachments to kernel module\nfunctions on LoongArch.\n\nThis is a temporary mitigation until the core issues in the trampoline\ncode for kernel module handling can be identified and fixed.\n\n[root@fedora bpf]# ./test_progs -a module_attach -v\nbpf_testmod.ko is already unloaded.\nLoading bpf_testmod.ko...\nSuccessfully loaded bpf_testmod.ko.\ntest_module_attach:PASS:skel_open 0 nsec\ntest_module_attach:PASS:set_attach_target 0 nsec\ntest_module_attach:PASS:set_attach_target_explicit 0 nsec\ntest_module_attach:PASS:skel_load 0 nsec\nlibbpf: prog 'handle_fentry': failed to attach: -ENOTSUPP\nlibbpf: prog 'handle_fentry': failed to auto-attach: -ENOTSUPP\ntest_module_attach:FAIL:skel_attach skeleton attach failed: -524\nSummary: 0/0 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 1 FAILED\nSuccessfully unloaded bpf_testmod.ko.\n\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/CAK3+h2wDmpC-hP4u4pJY8T-yfKyk4yRzpu2LMO+C13FMT58oqQ@mail.gmail.com/\n[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/CAK3+h2wYcpc+OwdLDUBvg2rF9rvvyc5amfHT-KcFaK93uoELPg@mail.gmail.com/"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c"], "versions": [{"version": "f9b6b41f0cf31791541cea9644ddbedb46465801", "lessThan": "44eb3849378be5f72b8be03edbacbdcd6f5eade4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f9b6b41f0cf31791541cea9644ddbedb46465801", "lessThan": "677e6123e3d24adaa252697dc89740f2ac07664e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.17", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.17", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.17.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.10"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44eb3849378be5f72b8be03edbacbdcd6f5eade4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677e6123e3d24adaa252697dc89740f2ac07664e"}], "title": "LoongArch: BPF: Disable trampoline for kernel module function trace", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nLoongArch: BPF: Disable trampoline for kernel module function trace\n\nThe current LoongArch BPF trampoline implementation is incompatible\nwith tracing functions in kernel modules. This causes several severe\nand user-visible problems:\n\n* The `bpf_selftests/module_attach` test fails consistently.\n* Kernel lockup when a BPF program is attached to a module function [1].\n* Critical kernel modules like WireGuard experience traffic disruption\n when their functions are traced with fentry [2].\n\nGiven the severity and the potential for other unknown side-effects, it\nis safest to disable the feature entirely for now. This patch prevents\nthe BPF subsystem from allowing trampoline attachments to kernel module\nfunctions on LoongArch.\n\nThis is a temporary mitigation until the core issues in the trampoline\ncode for kernel module handling can be identified and fixed.\n\n[root@fedora bpf]# ./test_progs -a module_attach -v\nbpf_testmod.ko is already unloaded.\nLoading bpf_testmod.ko...\nSuccessfully loaded bpf_testmod.ko.\ntest_module_attach:PASS:skel_open 0 nsec\ntest_module_attach:PASS:set_attach_target 0 nsec\ntest_module_attach:PASS:set_attach_target_explicit 0 nsec\ntest_module_attach:PASS:skel_load 0 nsec\nlibbpf: prog 'handle_fentry': failed to attach: -ENOTSUPP\nlibbpf: prog 'handle_fentry': failed to auto-attach: -ENOTSUPP\ntest_module_attach:FAIL:skel_attach skeleton attach failed: -524\nSummary: 0/0 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 1 FAILED\nSuccessfully unloaded bpf_testmod.ko.\n\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/CAK3+h2wDmpC-hP4u4pJY8T-yfKyk4yRzpu2LMO+C13FMT58oqQ@mail.gmail.com/\n[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/CAK3+h2wYcpc+OwdLDUBvg2rF9rvvyc5amfHT-KcFaK93uoELPg@mail.gmail.com/"}], "id": "CVE-2025-68216", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-16T14:15:54.627", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44eb3849378be5f72b8be03edbacbdcd6f5eade4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677e6123e3d24adaa252697dc89740f2ac07664e"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

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