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CVE-2025-68376

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: ETR: Fix ETR buffer use-after-free issue When ETR is enabled as CS_MODE_SYSFS, if the buffer size is changed and enabled again, currently sysfs_buf will point to the newly allocated memory(buf_new) and free the old memory(buf_old). But the etr_buf that is being used by the ETR remains pointed to buf_old, not updated to buf_new. In this case, it will result in a memory use-after-free issue. Fix this by checking ETR's mode before updating and releasing buf_old, if the mode is CS_MODE_SYSFS, then skip updating and releasing it.

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-12-24 11:16:01.193000
Last modified
2026-10-21 13:18:23.520000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2025-68376",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2025-12-24T11:16:01.193",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-21T13:18:23.520",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncoresight: ETR: Fix ETR buffer use-after-free issue\n\nWhen ETR is enabled as CS_MODE_SYSFS, if the buffer size is changed\nand enabled again, currently sysfs_buf will point to the newly\nallocated memory(buf_new) and free the old memory(buf_old). But the\netr_buf that is being used by the ETR remains pointed to buf_old, not\nupdated to buf_new. In this case, it will result in a memory\nuse-after-free issue.\n\nFix this by checking ETR's mode before updating and releasing buf_old,\nif the mode is CS_MODE_SYSFS, then skip updating and releasing it."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\ncoresight: ETR: Solucionar el problema de uso después de liberación del búfer ETR\n\nCuando ETR está habilitado como CS_MODE_SYSFS, si el tamaño del búfer se cambia y se habilita de nuevo, actualmente sysfs_buf apuntará a la memoria recién asignada (buf_new) y liberará la memoria antigua (buf_old). Pero el etr_buf que está siendo utilizado por el ETR permanece apuntando a buf_old, no actualizado a buf_new. En este caso, resultará en un problema de uso después de liberación de memoria.\n\nSolucione esto verificando el modo de ETR antes de actualizar y liberar buf_old; si el modo es CS_MODE_SYSFS, entonces omita su actualización y liberación."
    }
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