CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38322

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

A bug in the Linux kernel causes a crash in the icl_update_topdown_event() function on Intel RaptorLake machines. The issue occurs when the function is invoked on E-core CPUs that do not support the perf metrics feature, leading to a general protection fault and system hang. The bug was introduced by commit f9bdf1f95339, which mistakenly replaced is_topdown_count() with is_topdown_event().

Risk Assessment

The organization faces the risk of system hard-lockup crashes when using the perf tool for performance monitoring on Intel processors with hybrid architecture (P-core and E-core). This can lead to service disruptions and potential data loss.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that corrects the misuse of is_topdown_event() and restores proper is_topdown_count() checking. Monitor Linux distribution security advisories for the appropriate patch.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/intel: Fix crash in icl_update_topdown_event() The perf_fuzzer found a hard-lockup crash on a RaptorLake machine: Oops: general protection fault, maybe for address 0xffff89aeceab400: 0000 CPU: 23 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/23 Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision 9660/0VJ762 RIP: 0010:native_read_pmc+0x7/0x40 Code: cc e8 8d a9 01 00 48 89 03 5b cd cc cc cc cc 0f 1f ... RSP: 000:fffb03100273de8 EFLAGS: 00010046 .... Call Trace: <TASK> icl_update_topdown_event+0x165/0x190 ? ktime_get+0x38/0xd0 intel_pmu_read_event+0xf9/0x210 __perf_event_read+0xf9/0x210 CPUs 16-23 are E-core CPUs that don't support the perf metrics feature. The icl_update_topdown_event() should not be invoked on these CPUs. It's a regression of commit: f9bdf1f95339 ("perf/x86/intel: Avoid disable PMU if !cpuc->enabled in sample read") The bug introduced by that commit is that the is_topdown_event() function is mistakenly used to replace the is_topdown_count() call to check if the topdown functions for the perf metrics feature should be invoked. Fix it.

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