CVE-2025-68798

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

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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>

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>

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-12-24 CVE Reserved
2026-01-13 CVE Published
2026-01-14 CVE Updated
2026-01-14 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ada543459cab7f653dcacdaba4011a8bb19c627c	Vuln. Introduced

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49324a0c40f7e9bae1bd0362d23fc42232e14621	2026-01-11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e41d9ec8d7cc3f01b9ba785e05f0ebef8b3b37f	2026-01-11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1028fb38b328084bc683a4efb001c95d3108573	2026-01-08
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c2e5c2acaae50e99d1c20a5a46e367c442fb3b	2026-01-02
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866cf36bfee4fba6a492d2dcc5133f857e3446b0	2025-10-16

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.19 < 6.1.160 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.1.160"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.19 < 6.6.120 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.6.120"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.19 < 6.12.64 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.12.64"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.19 < 6.18.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.18.3"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.19 < 6.19-rc1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.19 < 6.19-rc1"		en		Affected