CVE-2025-39813CWE-362

CVE-2025-39813

Medium · published September 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ftrace: Fix potential warning in trace_printk_seq during ftrace_dump

When calling ftrace_dump_one() concurrently with reading trace_pipe,

a WARN_ON_ONCE() in trace_printk_seq() can be triggered due to a race

condition.

The issue occurs because:

CPU0 (ftrace_dump) CPU1 (reader)

echo z > /proc/sysrq-trigger

!trace_empty(&iter)

trace_iterator_reset(&iter) <- len = size = 0

cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe

trace_find_next_entry_inc(&iter)

__find_next_entry

ring_buffer_empty_cpu <- all empty

return NULL

trace_printk_seq(&iter.seq)

WARN_ON_ONCE(s->seq.len >= s->seq.size)

In the context between trace_empty() and trace_find_next_entry_inc()

during ftrace_dump, the ring buffer data was consumed by other readers.

This caused trace_find_next_entry_inc to return NULL, failing to populate

`iter.seq`. At this point, due to the prior trace_iterator_reset, both

`iter.seq.len` and `iter.seq.size` were set to 0. Since they are equal,

the WARN_ON_ONCE condition is triggered.

Move the trace_printk_seq() into the if block that checks to make sure the

return value of trace_find_next_entry_inc() is non-NULL in

ftrace_dump_one(), ensuring the 'iter.seq' is properly populated before

subsequent operations.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00121 · 1.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2025-09-16T17:15Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.28, < 5.4.2985.4.298
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2425.10.242
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1915.15.191
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1506.1.150
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1046.6.104
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.456.12.45
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.16.56.16.5
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 13:00Z
    ftrace: Fix potential warning in trace_printk_seq during ftrace_dump
    cvelistv5