Medium severity · published Sep 4, 2025
CVE-2025-38723
LoongArch: BPF: Fix jump offset calculation in tailcall
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
LoongArch: BPF: Fix jump offset calculation in tailcall
The extra pass of bpf_int_jit_compile() skips JIT context initialization
which essentially skips offset calculation leaving out_offset = -1, so
the jmp_offset in emit_bpf_tail_call is calculated by
"#define jmp_offset (out_offset - (cur_offset))"
is a negative number, which is wrong. The final generated assembly are
as follow.
54: bgeu $a2, $t1, -8 # 0x0000004c
58: addi.d $a6, $s5, -1
5c: bltz $a6, -16 # 0x0000004c
60: alsl.d $t2, $a2, $a1, 0x3
64: ld.d $t2, $t2, 264
68: beq $t2, $zero, -28 # 0x0000004c
Before apply this patch, the follow test case will reveal soft lock issues.
cd tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
./test_progs --allow=tailcalls/tailcall_bpf2bpf_1
dmesg:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 26s! [test_progs:25056]
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.1 before 6.1.149; 6.2 before 6.6.103; 6.7 before 6.12.43; 6.13 before 6.15.11; 6.16 before 6.16.2 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
5dc615520c4dfb358245680f1904bad61116648e before 1a782fa32e644aa9fbae6c8488f3e61221ac96e1; 5dc615520c4dfb358245680f1904bad61116648e before 17c010fe45def335fe03a0718935416b04c7f349; 5dc615520c4dfb358245680f1904bad61116648e before f83d469e16bb1f75991ca67c56786fb2aaa42bea; 5dc615520c4dfb358245680f1904bad61116648e before f2b5e50cc04d7a049b385bc1c93b9cbf5f10c94f; 5dc615520c4dfb358245680f1904bad61116648e before 9262e3e04621558e875eb5afb5e726b648cd5949; 5dc615520c4dfb358245680f1904bad61116648e before cd39d9e6b7e4c58fa77783e7aedf7ada51d02ea3; +1 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38723
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38723
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17c010fe45def335fe03a0718935416b04c7f349
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a782fa32e644aa9fbae6c8488f3e61221ac96e1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9262e3e04621558e875eb5afb5e726b648cd5949
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd39d9e6b7e4c58fa77783e7aedf7ada51d02ea3
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2b5e50cc04d7a049b385bc1c93b9cbf5f10c94f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f83d469e16bb1f75991ca67c56786fb2aaa42bea
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