In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write

Syzkaller trigger a fault injection warning:

WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12326 at tracepoint_add_func+0xbfc/0xeb0
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12326 Comm: syz.6.10325 Tainted: G U 6.14.0-rc5-syzkaller #0
Tainted: [U]=USER
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine
RIP: 0010:tracepoint_add_func+0xbfc/0xeb0 kernel/tracepoint.c:294
Code: 09 fe ff 90 0f 0b 90 0f b6 74 24 43 31 ff 41 bc ea ff ff ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000414fb48 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: 00000000000012a1 RBX: ffffffff8e240ae0 RCX: ffffc90014b78000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff81bbd78b RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffffffffef
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffff81c264f0
FS: 00007f27217f66c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2e80dff8 CR3: 00000000268f8000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0xc0/0x110 kernel/tracepoint.c:464
register_trace_prio_sched_switch include/trace/events/sched.h:222 [inline]
register_pid_events kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2354 [inline]
event_pid_write.isra.0+0x439/0x7a0 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2425
vfs_write+0x24c/0x1150 fs/read_write.c:677
ksys_write+0x12b/0x250 fs/read_write.c:731
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

We can reproduce the warning by following the steps below:
1. echo 8 >> set_event_notrace_pid. Let tr->filtered_pids owns one pid
and register sched_switch tracepoint.
2. echo ' ' >> set_event_pid, and perform fault injection during chunk
allocation of trace_pid_list_alloc. Let pid_list with no pid and
assign to tr->filtered_pids.
3. echo ' ' >> set_event_pid. Let pid_list is NULL and assign to
tr->filtered_pids.
4. echo 9 >> set_event_pid, will trigger the double register
sched_switch tracepoint warning.

The reason is that syzkaller injects a fault into the chunk allocation
in trace_pid_list_alloc, causing a failure in trace_pid_list_set, which
may trigger double register of the same tracepoint. This only occurs
when the system is about to crash, but to suppress this warning, let's
add failure handling logic to trace_pid_list_set.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1262bda871dace8c6efae25f3b6a2d34f6f06d54 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7583a73c53f1d1ae7a39b130eb7190a11f0a902f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/793338906ff57d8c683f44fe48ca99d49c8782a7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88525accf16947ab459f8e91c27c8c53e1d612d7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd4453c5e983cf1fd5757e9acb915adb1e4602b6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100111-CVE-2025-39914-a6eb@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39914 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39914 cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write Syzkaller trigger a fault injection warning: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12326 at tracepoint_add_func+0xbfc/0xeb0 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12326 Comm: syz.6.10325 Tainted: G U 6.14.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Tainted: [U]=USER Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine RIP: 0010:tracepoint_add_func+0xbfc/0xeb0 kernel/tracepoint.c:294 Code: 09 fe ff 90 0f 0b 90 0f b6 74 24 43 31 ff 41 bc ea ff ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc9000414fb48 EFLAGS: 00010283 RAX: 00000000000012a1 RBX: ffffffff8e240ae0 RCX: ffffc90014b78000 RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff81bbd78b RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffffffffef R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffff81c264f0 FS: 00007f27217f66c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b2e80dff8 CR3: 00000000268f8000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0xc0/0x110 kernel/tracepoint.c:464 register_trace_prio_sched_switch include/trace/events/sched.h:222 [inline] register_pid_events kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2354 [inline] event_pid_write.isra.0+0x439/0x7a0 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2425 vfs_write+0x24c/0x1150 fs/read_write.c:677 ksys_write+0x12b/0x250 fs/read_write.c:731 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f We can reproduce the warning by following the steps below: 1. echo 8 >> set_event_notrace_pid. Let tr->filtered_pids owns one pid and register sched_switch tracepoint. 2. echo ' ' >> set_event_pid, and perform fault injection during chunk allocation of trace_pid_list_alloc. Let pid_list with no pid and assign to tr->filtered_pids. 3. echo ' ' >> set_event_pid. Let pid_list is NULL and assign to tr->filtered_pids. 4. echo 9 >> set_event_pid, will trigger the double register sched_switch tracepoint warning. The reason is that syzkaller injects a fault into the chunk allocation in trace_pid_list_alloc, causing a failure in trace_pid_list_set, which may trigger double register of the same tracepoint. This only occurs when the system is about to crash, but to suppress this warning, let's add failure handling logic to trace_pid_list_set.
Title tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T07:44:37.018Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.147Z

Link: CVE-2025-39914

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T08:15:34.520

Modified: 2025-10-01T08:15:34.520

Link: CVE-2025-39914

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39914 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-02T08:40:08Z