Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-38586
bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary In the ARM64 BPF JIT when prog->aux->exception_boundary is set for a BPF program, find_used_callee_regs() is not called because for a program acting as exception boundary, all callee saved registers are saved. find_used_callee_regs() sets `ctx->fp_used = true;` when it sees FP being used in any of the instructions. For programs acting as exception boundary, ctx->fp_used remains false even if frame pointer is used by the program and therefore, FP is not set-up for such programs in the prologue. This can cause the kernel to crash due to a pagefault. Fix it by setting ctx->fp_used = true for exception boundary programs as fp is always saved in such programs.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.12 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff ≤ v < 0dbef493cae7d451f740558665893c000adb2321 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff ≤ v < e23184725dbb72d5d02940222eee36dbba2aa422 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff ≤ v < 1ce30231e0a2c8c361ee5f8f7f265fc17130adce | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 5d4fa9ec5643a5c75d3c1e6abf50fb9284caf1ff ≤ v < b114fcee766d5101eada1aca7bb5fd0a86c89b35 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
4Details
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
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