SUSE CVE-2025-39821

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Avoid undefined behavior from stopping/starting inactive events Calling pmu-start/stop on perf events in PERFEVENTSTATEOFF can leave event-hw.idx at -1. When PMU drivers later attempt to use this negative index as a shift...

CVE-2025-39821

CVE-2025-39821 (Linux kernel perf - UBSAN risk) The issue is a logic flaw in perf event throttling where a group’s disabled member in PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF could be throttle-started/stoppped, causing PMU drivers to receive an event with hw.idx = -1. This negative index is used as a shift exponent ...