GHSA-JVQC-385V-69Q8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-05 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Limit access to parser->buffer when trace_get_user failed
When the length of the string written to set_ftrace_filter exceeds FTRACE_BUFF_MAX, the following KASAN alarm will be triggered:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in strsep+0x18c/0x1b0 Read of size 1 at addr ffff0000d00bd5ba by task ash/165
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 165 Comm: ash Not tainted 6.16.0-g6bcdbd62bd56-dirty Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: show_stack+0x34/0x50 (C) dump_stack_lvl+0xa0/0x158 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x88/0x398 print_report+0xb0/0x280 kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0 __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x20/0x30 strsep+0x18c/0x1b0 ftrace_process_regex.isra.0+0x100/0x2d8 ftrace_regex_release+0x484/0x618 __fput+0x364/0xa58 ____fput+0x28/0x40 task_work_run+0x154/0x278 do_notify_resume+0x1f0/0x220 el0_svc+0xec/0xf0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8 el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
The reason is that trace_get_user will fail when processing a string longer than FTRACE_BUFF_MAX, but not set the end of parser->buffer to 0. Then an OOB access will be triggered in ftrace_regex_release-> ftrace_process_regex->strsep->strpbrk. We can solve this problem by limiting access to parser->buffer when trace_get_user failed.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-39683"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-125"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-05T18:15:44Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Limit access to parser-\u003ebuffer when trace_get_user failed\n\nWhen the length of the string written to set_ftrace_filter exceeds\nFTRACE_BUFF_MAX, the following KASAN alarm will be triggered:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in strsep+0x18c/0x1b0\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff0000d00bd5ba by task ash/165\n\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 165 Comm: ash Not tainted 6.16.0-g6bcdbd62bd56-dirty\nHardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\nCall trace:\n show_stack+0x34/0x50 (C)\n dump_stack_lvl+0xa0/0x158\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x88/0x398\n print_report+0xb0/0x280\n kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0\n __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x20/0x30\n strsep+0x18c/0x1b0\n ftrace_process_regex.isra.0+0x100/0x2d8\n ftrace_regex_release+0x484/0x618\n __fput+0x364/0xa58\n ____fput+0x28/0x40\n task_work_run+0x154/0x278\n do_notify_resume+0x1f0/0x220\n el0_svc+0xec/0xf0\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8\n el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0\n\nThe reason is that trace_get_user will fail when processing a string\nlonger than FTRACE_BUFF_MAX, but not set the end of parser-\u003ebuffer to 0.\nThen an OOB access will be triggered in ftrace_regex_release-\u003e\nftrace_process_regex-\u003estrsep-\u003estrpbrk. We can solve this problem by\nlimiting access to parser-\u003ebuffer when trace_get_user failed.",
"id": "GHSA-jvqc-385v-69q8",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:31:03Z",
"published": "2025-09-05T18:31:26Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39683"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3079517a5ba80901fe828a06998da64b9b8749be"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/418b448e1d7470da9d4d4797f71782595ee69c49"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41b838420457802f21918df66764b6fbf829d330"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ff8064cb4c7eddac4da1a59da039ead586950a"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a909ea83f226803ea0e718f6e88613df9234d58"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b842ef39c2ad6156c13afdec25ecc6792a9b67b9"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c68045b8b0f3737ed7bd6b8c83b7887014adee"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"
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{
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
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