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Medium Memory corruption

CVE-2025-39914 — tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write

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.

Published Oct 1, 2025 · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: Linux

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+1
  • Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.17%
ahead of 5% of scored CVEs · Oct 19, 2026
Affects
Debian
Debian Linux and 2 more
CVSS base
5.5
Medium · 2 source(s)

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Debian Debian Linux, Linux Linux, Linux Linux Kernel).
  2. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
  3. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
Debian Debian Linux version 11.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Linux Linux ≥ 8d6e90983ade25ec7925211ac31d9ccaf64b7edf and < 7583a73c53f1d1ae7a39b130eb7190a11f0a902f≥ 8d6e90983ade25ec7925211ac31d9ccaf64b7edf and < 1262bda871dace8c6efae25f3b6a2d34f6f06d54≥ 8d6e90983ade25ec7925211ac31d9ccaf64b7edf and < 88525accf16947ab459f8e91c27c8c53e1d612d7≥ 8d6e90983ade25ec7925211ac31d9ccaf64b7edf and < 793338906ff57d8c683f44fe48ca99d49c8782a7≥ 8d6e90983ade25ec7925211ac31d9ccaf64b7edf and < cd4453c5e983cf1fd5757e9acb915adb1e4602b6version 5.16 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Linux Linux Kernel ≥ 5.16 and < 6.1.153≥ 6.2 and < 6.6.107≥ 6.7 and < 6.12.48≥ 6.13 and < 6.16.8version 6.17-rc1version 6.17-rc2version 6.17-rc3version 6.17-rc4
and 1 more version 6.17-rc5
Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium 1.8 3.6 nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-415 · Double Free

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
  • Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.
endpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Affected products added · linux/linux
    Oct 19, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 19, 2026
  • Fix documented
    Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Affected products added · linux/linux kernel, debian/debian linux
    Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • CVSS changed · 5.5
    Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Analyzed
    Oct 19, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 19, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
  • 2025
  • CVE published
    Oct 1, 2025 · Linux

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 2× References added · Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026

References

8 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Debian
every CVE for this vendor
Memory corruption
same class
CWE-415
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-98868 dm-pcache: reject a kset that overruns its segment 1d
  • CVE-2026-98866 sched/cache: Introduce task_struct->sched_cache_grp to fix UAF 1d
  • CVE-2026-98867 dm-pcache: bound the logical key offset from persistent memory 1d
  • CVE-2026-98865 sched_ext: Don't run ops.dequeue() with a DSQ lock held 1d
  • CVE-2026-98864 sched_ext: Wait for SCX_OPSS_DISPATCHING before reenqueueing a task 1d
  • CVE-2026-98863 KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails 1d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No CISA SSVC assessment.
  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-39914 is "tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write", rated Medium. It affects Debian Linux (Debian); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.17% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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