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TI-2025-42266 Aliases CVE-2025-68798GHSA-v753-hw9q-p9vj

perf/x86/amd: Check event before enable to avoid GPF

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/amd: Check event before enable to avoid GPF On AMD machines cpuc->events[idx] can become NULL in a subtle race condition with NMI->throttle->x86_pmu_stop(). Check event for NULL in amd_pmu_enable_all() before enable to avoid a GPF. This appears to be an AMD only issue. Syzkaller reported a GPF in amd_pmu_enable_all. INFO: NMI handler (perf_event_nmi_handler) took too long to run: 13.143 msecs Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000034: 0000 PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001a0-0x00000000000001a7] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 328415 Comm: repro_36674776 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-syzk RIP: 0010:x86_pmu_enable_event (arch/x86/events/perf_event.h:1195 arch/x86/events/core.c:1430) RSP: 0018:ffff888118009d60 EFLAGS: 00010012 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001a0 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002 R13: ffff88811802a440 R14: ffff88811802a240 R15: ffff8881132d8601 FS: 00007f097dfaa700(0000) GS:ffff888118000000(0000) GS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000200001c0 CR3: 0000000103d56000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <IRQ> amd_pmu_enable_all (arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760 (discriminator 2)) x86_pmu_enable (arch/x86/events/core.c:1360) event_sched_out (kernel/events/core.c:1191 kernel/events/core.c:1186 kernel/events/core.c:2346) __perf_remove_from_context (kernel/events/core.c:2435) event_function (kernel/events/core.c:259) remote_function (kernel/events/core.c:92 (discriminator 1) kernel/events/core.c:72 (discriminator 1)) __flush_smp_call_function_queue (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/csd.h:64 kernel/smp.c:135 kernel/smp.c:540) __sysvec_call_function_single (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:99 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:272) sysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47) arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47)) </IRQ>

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00207 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64 +2Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.19 and later6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3, 6.19Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.19 and later Fixed in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3, 6.19 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3, 6.19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68798
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v753-hw9q-p9vj

References

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