Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/x86/intel/pt: Fix crash with stop filters in single-range mode
Add a check for !buf->single before calling pt_buffer_region_size in a place where a missing check can cause a kernel crash.
Fixes a bug introduced by commit 670638477aed ("perf/x86/intel/pt: Opportunistically use single range output mode"), which added a support for PT single-range output mode. Since that commit if a PT stop filter range is hit while tracing, the kernel will crash because of a null pointer dereference in pt_handle_status due to calling pt_buffer_region_size without a ToPA configured.
The commit which introduced single-range mode guarded almost all uses of the ToPA buffer variables with checks of the buf->single variable, but missed the case where tracing was stopped by the PT hardware, which happens when execution hits a configured stop filter.
Tested that hitting a stop filter while PT recording successfully records a trace with this patch but crashes without this patch.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 670638477aede0d7a355ced04b569214aa3feacd, < 456f041e035913fcedb275aff6f8a71dfebcd394; >= 670638477aede0d7a355ced04b569214aa3feacd, < e83d941fd3445f660d2f43647c580a320cc384f6; >= 670638477aede0d7a355ced04b569214aa3feacd, < feffb6ae2c80b9a8206450cdef90f5943baced99; >= 670638477aede0d7a355ced04b569214aa3feacd, < 1d9093457b243061a9bba23543c38726e864a643 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.5 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9093457b243061a9bba23543c38726e864a643Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456f041e035913fcedb275aff6f8a71dfebcd394Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e83d941fd3445f660d2f43647c580a320cc384f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feffb6ae2c80b9a8206450cdef90f5943baced99Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9093457b243061a9bba23543c38726e864a643Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456f041e035913fcedb275aff6f8a71dfebcd394Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e83d941fd3445f660d2f43647c580a320cc384f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feffb6ae2c80b9a8206450cdef90f5943baced99Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 20, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed