{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-68375", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-16T14:48:05.310Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-24T10:33:04.819Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:51:59.533Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:51:59.533Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/x86: Fix NULL event access and potential PEBS record loss\n\nWhen intel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl() is called to drain PEBS records, the\nperf_event_overflow() could be called to process the last PEBS record.\n\nWhile perf_event_overflow() could trigger the interrupt throttle and\nstop all events of the group, like what the below call-chain shows.\n\nperf_event_overflow()\n -> __perf_event_overflow()\n ->__perf_event_account_interrupt()\n -> perf_event_throttle_group()\n -> perf_event_throttle()\n -> event->pmu->stop()\n -> x86_pmu_stop()\n\nThe side effect of stopping the events is that all corresponding event\npointers in cpuc->events[] array are cleared to NULL.\n\nAssume there are two PEBS events (event a and event b) in a group. When\nintel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl() calls perf_event_overflow() to process the\nlast PEBS record of PEBS event a, interrupt throttle is triggered and\nall pointers of event a and event b are cleared to NULL. Then\nintel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl() tries to process the last PEBS record of\nevent b and encounters NULL pointer access.\n\nTo avoid this issue, move cpuc->events[] clearing from x86_pmu_stop()\nto x86_pmu_del(). It's safe since cpuc->active_mask or\ncpuc->pebs_enabled is always checked before access the event pointer\nfrom cpuc->events[]."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/x86/events/core.c"], "versions": [{"version": "9734e25fbf5ae68eb04234b2cd14a4b36ab89141", "lessThan": "cf69b99805c263117305ac6dffbc85aaf9259d32", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9734e25fbf5ae68eb04234b2cd14a4b36ab89141", "lessThan": "6b089028bff1f2ff9e0c62b8f1faca1a620e5d6e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "9734e25fbf5ae68eb04234b2cd14a4b36ab89141", "lessThan": "7e772a93eb61cb6265bdd1c5bde17d0f2718b452", "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/x86/events/core.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.16", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.16", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.17.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19", "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": "6.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.13"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf69b99805c263117305ac6dffbc85aaf9259d32"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b089028bff1f2ff9e0c62b8f1faca1a620e5d6e"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e772a93eb61cb6265bdd1c5bde17d0f2718b452"}], "title": "perf/x86: Fix NULL event access and potential PEBS record loss", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: perf/x86: Fix NULL event access and potential PEBS record loss", "id": "2424865", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2424865"}, "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: Fix NULL event access and potential PEBS record loss\nWhen intel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl() is called to drain PEBS records, the\nperf_event_overflow() could be called to process the last PEBS record.\nWhile perf_event_overflow() could trigger the interrupt throttle and\nstop all events of the group, like what the below call-chain shows.\nperf_event_overflow()\n-> __perf_event_overflow()\n->__perf_event_account_interrupt()\n-> perf_event_throttle_group()\n-> perf_event_throttle()\n-> event->pmu->stop()\n-> x86_pmu_stop()\nThe side effect of stopping the events is that all corresponding event\npointers in cpuc->events[] array are cleared to NULL.\nAssume there are two PEBS events (event a and event b) in a group. When\nintel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl() calls perf_event_overflow() to process the\nlast PEBS record of PEBS event a, interrupt throttle is triggered and\nall pointers of event a and event b are cleared to NULL. Then\nintel_pmu_drain_pebs_icl() tries to process the last PEBS record of\nevent b and encounters NULL pointer access.\nTo avoid this issue, move cpuc->events[] clearing from x86_pmu_stop()\nto x86_pmu_del(). It's safe since cpuc->active_mask or\ncpuc->pebs_enabled is always checked before access the event pointer\nfrom cpuc->events[]."], "name": "CVE-2025-68375", "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": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-12-24T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68375\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68375\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122402-CVE-2025-68375-aa1b@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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