{"cve":"CVE-2025-38322","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-10T09:15:26.240","modified":"2026-10-15T02:17:53.807","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/x86/intel: Fix crash in icl_update_topdown_event()\n\nThe perf_fuzzer found a hard-lockup crash on a RaptorLake machine:\n\n  Oops: general protection fault, maybe for address 0xffff89aeceab400: 0000\n  CPU: 23 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/23\n  Tainted: [W]=WARN\n  Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision 9660/0VJ762\n  RIP: 0010:native_read_pmc+0x7/0x40\n  Code: cc e8 8d a9 01 00 48 89 03 5b cd cc cc cc cc 0f 1f ...\n  RSP: 000:fffb03100273de8 EFLAGS: 00010046\n  ....\n  Call Trace:\n    <TASK>\n    icl_update_topdown_event+0x165/0x190\n    ? ktime_get+0x38/0xd0\n    intel_pmu_read_event+0xf9/0x210\n    __perf_event_read+0xf9/0x210\n\nCPUs 16-23 are E-core CPUs that don't support the perf metrics feature.\nThe icl_update_topdown_event() should not be invoked on these CPUs.\n\nIt's a regression of commit:\n\n  f9bdf1f95339 (\"perf/x86/intel: Avoid disable PMU if !cpuc->enabled in sample read\")\n\nThe bug introduced by that commit is that the is_topdown_event() function\nis mistakenly used to replace the is_topdown_count() call to check if the\ntopdown functions for the perf metrics feature should be invoked.\n\nFix it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/702ea6028032d6c1fe96c2d4762a3575e3654819","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e2dd573116d3338507c311460da9669095c94d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85cc69acdcb05f8cd226b8ea0778b8e2e887e6f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0823d5fbacb1c551d793cbfe7af24e0d1fa45ed","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e97c45c770f5e56c784a46c2a96ab968d26b97d9"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38322","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.0934,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}