In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing/osnoise: Fix crash in timerlat_dump_stack()
We have observed kernel panics when using timerlat with stack saving,
with the following dmesg output:
memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 88 byte write of buffer size 0
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 8153 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x55/0xa0
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 8153 Comm: timerlatu/2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.3-200.fc42.x86_64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x2a/0x60
__fortify_panic+0xd/0xf
__timerlat_dump_stack.cold+0xd/0xd
timerlat_dump_stack.part.0+0x47/0x80
timerlat_fd_read+0x36d/0x390
vfs_read+0xe2/0x390
? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d5/0x210
ksys_read+0x73/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x160
? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
__timerlat_dump_stack() constructs the ftrace stack entry like this:
struct stack_entry *entry;
...
memcpy(&entry->caller, fstack->calls, size);
entry->size = fstack->nr_entries;
Since commit e7186af7fb26 ("tracing: Add back FORTIFY_SOURCE logic to
kernel_stack event structure"), struct stack_entry marks its caller
field with __counted_by(size). At the time of the memcpy, entry->size
contains garbage from the ringbuffer, which under some circumstances is
zero, triggering a kernel panic by buffer overflow.
Populate the size field before the memcpy so that the out-of-bounds
check knows the correct size. This is analogous to
__ftrace_trace_stack().
References
Configurations
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History
19 Nov 2025, 17:46
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb9ea515cda027c9e717e27fefcf34f092e7c41 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823d798900481875ba6c68217af028c5ffd2976b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c806 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf90f5aa7ac7cddc69148a71d58f12c8709ce2b - Patch | |
| CWE | CWE-674 |
Information
Published : 2025-07-28 12:15
Updated : 2025-11-19 17:46
NVD link : CVE-2025-38493
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38493
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38493
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion