Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2025-68370
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: tmc: add the handle of the event to the path The handle is essential for retrieving the AUX_EVENT of each CPU and is required in perf mode. It has been added to the coresight_path so that dependent devices can access it from the path when needed. The existing bug can be reproduced with: perf record -e cs_etm//k -C 0-9 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null Showing an oops as follows: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000f6e84934ed19e Call trace: tmc_etr_get_buffer+0x30/0x80 [coresight_tmc] (P) catu_enable_hw+0xbc/0x3d0 [coresight_catu] catu_enable+0x70/0xe0 [coresight_catu] coresight_enable_path+0xb0/0x258 [coresight]
EPSS: 0.002 (5.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 080ee83cc361451a7de7b5486c7f96ce454f7203, 6.15, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-68370?
- CVE-2025-68370 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-24.
- How severe is CVE-2025-68370?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.