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CVE-2025-68798

🗓️ 13 Jan 2026 15:29:08Reported by LinuxType 
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CVE-2025-68798: AMD perf event enable race may trigger a general protection fault; check event for NULL.

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linuxlinux_kernelRange5.196.1.160
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.06.6.120
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.06.12.64
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.13.06.18.3
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.19.0
[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "arch/x86/events/amd/core.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "ada543459cab7f653dcacdaba4011a8bb19c627c",
        "lessThan": "49324a0c40f7e9bae1bd0362d23fc42232e14621",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ada543459cab7f653dcacdaba4011a8bb19c627c",
        "lessThan": "6e41d9ec8d7cc3f01b9ba785e05f0ebef8b3b37f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ada543459cab7f653dcacdaba4011a8bb19c627c",
        "lessThan": "e1028fb38b328084bc683a4efb001c95d3108573",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ada543459cab7f653dcacdaba4011a8bb19c627c",
        "lessThan": "43c2e5c2acaae50e99d1c20a5a46e367c442fb3b",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "ada543459cab7f653dcacdaba4011a8bb19c627c",
        "lessThan": "866cf36bfee4fba6a492d2dcc5133f857e3446b0",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "arch/x86/events/amd/core.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.19",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.19",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.160",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.120",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.12.64",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.18.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.19",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]
ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
idxpatharch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760Null pointer dereference / GPF in amd_pmu_enable_all due to race where cpuc->events[idx] may be NULL before enabling AMD PMU events.
cpuc->eventspatharch/x86/events/amd/core.c:760Null pointer dereference / GPF in amd_pmu_enable_all due to race where cpuc->events[idx] may be NULL before enabling AMD PMU events.

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