CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37938

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the trace event format verifier. The verifier ignored formats containing "%*p..", which could lead to references to memory that was freed before the event was read, causing a kernel crash. The fix extends verification to cover these cases.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of kernel crashes when using tracing mechanisms, which could lead to loss of diagnostic data and system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that extends event format verification to include cases with "%*p..".

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Verify event formats that have "%*p.." The trace event verifier checks the formats of trace events to make sure that they do not point at memory that is not in the trace event itself or in data that will never be freed. If an event references data that was allocated when the event triggered and that same data is freed before the event is read, then the kernel can crash by reading freed memory. The verifier runs at boot up (or module load) and scans the print formats of the events and checks their arguments to make sure that dereferenced pointers are safe. If the format uses "%*p.." the verifier will ignore it, and that could be dangerous. Cover this case as well. Also add to the sample code a use case of "%*pbl".

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