🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38563
⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Prevent VMA split of buffer mappings The perf mmap code is careful about mmap()'ing the user page with the ringbuffer and additionally the auxiliary buffer, when the event supports it. Once the first mapping is established, subsequent mapping have to use the same offset and the same size in both cases. The reference counting for the ringbuffer and the auxiliary buffer depends on this being correct. Though perf does not prevent that a related mapping is split via mmap(2), munmap(2) or mremap(2). A split of a VMA results in perf_mmap_open() calls, which take reference counts, but then the subsequent perf_mmap_close() calls are not longer fulfilling the offset and size checks. This leads to reference count leaks. As perf already has the requirement for subsequent mappings to match the initial mapping, the obvious consequence is that VMA splits, caused by resizing of a mapping or partial unmapping, have to be prevented. Implement the vm_operations_struct::may_split() callback and return unconditionally -EINVAL. That ensures that the mapping offsets and sizes cannot be changed after the fact. Remapping to a different fixed address with the same size is still possible as it takes the references for the new mapping and drops those of the old mapping.

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-08-19
Updated 2026-06-15
Modified 2026-06-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1097.104~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.4
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-6.14 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-aws-6.2
linux-aws-6.5
linux-aws-6.8
linux-aws-fips
linux-aws-hwe
linux-azure
linux-azure-4.15
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1102.111~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.4
linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-6.11
linux-azure-6.14 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-azure-6.2
linux-azure-6.5
linux-azure-6.8
linux-azure-edge
linux-azure-fde
linux-azure-fde-5.19
linux-azure-fde-6.14
linux-azure-fde-6.17
linux-azure-fde-6.2
linux-azure-fde-6.8
linux-azure-fips
linux-azure-nvidia
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
linux-bluefield
linux-fips
linux-gcp
linux-gcp-4.15
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1097.106~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.4
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-6.11
linux-gcp-6.14 6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.2
linux-gcp-6.5
linux-gcp-6.8
linux-gcp-fips
linux-gke
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop
linux-gkeop-5.15
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-163.173~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.4
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-6.11
linux-hwe-6.2
linux-hwe-6.5
linux-hwe-6.8
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm
linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1091.94~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.4
linux-ibm-6.8
linux-intel
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1089.91
linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1092.98
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1092.98~20.04.1
linux-iot
linux-kvm 5.15.0-1089.94
linux-lowlatency
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-163.173~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
linux-lts-xenial
linux-nvidia
linux-nvidia-6.11
linux-nvidia-6.2
linux-nvidia-6.5
linux-nvidia-6.8
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
linux-nvidia-tegra
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1049.49~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1038.38
linux-oem
linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.17
linux-oem-5.6
linux-oem-6.0
linux-oem-6.1
linux-oem-6.11
linux-oem-6.14 6.14.0-1016.16
linux-oem-6.5
linux-oem-6.8
linux-oracle
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1094.100~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.4
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-oracle-6.14 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.5
linux-oracle-6.8
linux-raspi
linux-raspi-5.4
linux-raspi-realtime
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime
linux-realtime-6.14 6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-realtime-6.8
linux-riscv
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1092.96~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-6.14 6.14.0-36.36.1~24.04.1
linux-riscv-6.5
linux-riscv-6.8
linux-starfive-5.19
linux-starfive-6.2
linux-starfive-6.5
linux-xilinx
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1061.65

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