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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event When a module is loaded, it adds trace events defined by the module. It may also need to modify the modules trace printk formats to replace enum names with their values. If two modules are loaded at the same time, the adding of the event to the ftrace_events list can corrupt the walking of the list in the code that is modifying the printk format strings and crash the kernel. The addition of the event should take the trace_event_sem for write while it adds the new event. Also add a lockdep_assert_held() on that semaphore in __trace_add_event_dirs() as it iterates the list.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-08-16 | Updated 2025-08-28 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before e70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6c
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before db45632479ceecb669612ed8dbce927e3c6279fc
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before ca60064ea03f14e06c763de018403cb56ba3207d
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before 7803b28c9aa8d8bd4e19ebcf5f0db9612b0f333b
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before 6bc94f20a4c304997288f9a45278c9d0c06987d3
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before 33e20747b47ddc03569b6bc27a2d6894c1428182
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before 70fecd519caad0c1741c3379d5348c9000a5b29d
affected

110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d before b5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df
affected

Default status
affected

2.6.31
affected

Any version before 2.6.31
unaffected

5.4.297
unaffected

5.10.241
unaffected

5.15.190
unaffected

6.1.147
unaffected

6.6.100
unaffected

6.12.40
unaffected

6.15.8
unaffected

6.16
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/e70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6c

git.kernel.org/...c/db45632479ceecb669612ed8dbce927e3c6279fc

git.kernel.org/...c/ca60064ea03f14e06c763de018403cb56ba3207d

git.kernel.org/...c/7803b28c9aa8d8bd4e19ebcf5f0db9612b0f333b

git.kernel.org/...c/6bc94f20a4c304997288f9a45278c9d0c06987d3

git.kernel.org/...c/33e20747b47ddc03569b6bc27a2d6894c1428182

git.kernel.org/...c/70fecd519caad0c1741c3379d5348c9000a5b29d

git.kernel.org/...c/b5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df

cve.org (CVE-2025-38539)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38539)

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