{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68370","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-16T14:48:05.309Z","datePublished":"2025-12-24T10:32:56.149Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T12:11:06.086Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T12:11:06.086Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncoresight: tmc: add the handle of the event to the path\n\nThe handle is essential for retrieving the AUX_EVENT of each CPU and is\nrequired in perf mode. It has been added to the coresight_path so that\ndependent devices can access it from the path when needed.\n\nThe existing bug can be reproduced with:\nperf record -e cs_etm//k -C 0-9 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null\n\nShowing an oops as follows:\nUnable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000f6e84934ed19e\n\nCall trace:\n tmc_etr_get_buffer+0x30/0x80 [coresight_tmc] (P)\n catu_enable_hw+0xbc/0x3d0 [coresight_catu]\n catu_enable+0x70/0xe0 [coresight_catu]\n coresight_enable_path+0xb0/0x258 [coresight]"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The vulnerability is reached locally through perf_event_open(), perf AUX-buffer mmap, and event enablement for the CoreSight ETM PMU.\nAC:L - Triggering is deterministic on an affected TMC-ETR/CATU topology and requires no race; any heap grooming needed for deeper exploitation remains attacker-controlled.\nPR:L - An unprivileged user can use a self-targeted, user-only cs_etm//u event, avoiding both perf_allow_cpu() and perf_allow_kernel(). User-namespace capabilities are unnecessary.\nUI:N - The attacker can create, map, and enable the perf event directly without action by another user.\nS:U - The vulnerable CoreSight driver and the affected kernel memory and execution context belong to the same kernel security authority.\nC:H - The coresight_path-to-perf_output_handle type confusion causes out-of-bounds heap reads and attacker-groomable pointer chasing. Successful exploitation can provide kernel-memory disclosure as part of the resulting memory-access primitive.\nI:H - Bogus etr_buf fields can program CATU translation or pass-through state incorrectly, allowing ETR DMA to target unintended physical memory and potentially corrupt kernel data or code.\nA:H - The documented trigger produces a kernel paging-request oops, which can panic the system or leave it unusable and can be invoked repeatedly."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c","drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c","include/linux/coresight.h"],"versions":[{"version":"080ee83cc361451a7de7b5486c7f96ce454f7203","lessThan":"faa8f38f7ccb344ace2c1f364efc70e3a12d32f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"080ee83cc361451a7de7b5486c7f96ce454f7203","lessThan":"d0c9effd82f2c19b92acd07d357fac5f392d549a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"080ee83cc361451a7de7b5486c7f96ce454f7203","lessThan":"aaa5abcc9d44d2c8484f779ab46d242d774cabcb","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c","drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c","include/linux/coresight.h"],"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.15","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":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.17.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.2"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa8f38f7ccb344ace2c1f364efc70e3a12d32f3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c9effd82f2c19b92acd07d357fac5f392d549a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa5abcc9d44d2c8484f779ab46d242d774cabcb"}],"title":"coresight: tmc: add the handle of the event to the path","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}