{"cve":"CVE-2025-68798","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-13T16:16:01.770","modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:14.293","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/x86/amd: Check event before enable to avoid GPF\n\nOn AMD machines cpuc->events[idx] can become NULL in a subtle race\ncondition with NMI->throttle->x86_pmu_stop().\n\nCheck event for NULL in amd_pmu_enable_all() before enable to avoid a GPF.\nThis appears to be an AMD only issue.\n\nSyzkaller reported a GPF in amd_pmu_enable_all.\n\nINFO: NMI handler (perf_event_nmi_handler) took too long to run: 13.143\n    msecs\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n    0xdffffc0000000034: 0000  PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001a0-0x00000000000001a7]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 328415 Comm: repro_36674776 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-syzk\nRIP: 0010:x86_pmu_enable_event (arch/x86/events/perf_event.h:1195\n    arch/x86/events/core.c:1430)\nRSP: 0018:ffff888118009d60 EFLAGS: 00010012\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001a0\nRBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000002\nR13: ffff88811802a440 R14: ffff88811802a240 R15: ffff8881132d8601\nFS:  00007f097dfaa700(0000) GS:ffff888118000000(0000) GS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00000000200001c0 CR3: 0000000103d56000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\namd_pmu_enable_all (arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760 (discriminator 2))\nx86_pmu_enable (arch/x86/events/core.c:1360)\nevent_sched_out (kernel/events/core.c:1191 kernel/events/core.c:1186\n    kernel/events/core.c:2346)\n__perf_remove_from_context (kernel/events/core.c:2435)\nevent_function (kernel/events/core.c:259)\nremote_function (kernel/events/core.c:92 (discriminator 1)\n    kernel/events/core.c:72 (discriminator 1))\n__flush_smp_call_function_queue (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n    ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/csd.h:64\n    kernel/smp.c:135 kernel/smp.c:540)\n__sysvec_call_function_single (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27\n    ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207\n    ./arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:99 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:272)\nsysvec_call_function_single (arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47)\n    arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:266 (discriminator 47))\n </IRQ>","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c2e5c2acaae50e99d1c20a5a46e367c442fb3b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49324a0c40f7e9bae1bd0362d23fc42232e14621","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e41d9ec8d7cc3f01b9ba785e05f0ebef8b3b37f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866cf36bfee4fba6a492d2dcc5133f857e3446b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1028fb38b328084bc683a4efb001c95d3108573"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:19:41.481987139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68798","score":0.00207,"percentile":0.10747,"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."]}