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Publication date: 2025-10-04

Last updated on: 2026-03-21

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fprobe: Release rethook after the ftrace_ops is unregistered While running bpf selftests it's possible to get following fault: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address \ 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI ... Call Trace: <TASK> fprobe_handler+0xc1/0x270 ? __pfx_bpf_testmod_init+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_bpf_testmod_init+0x10/0x10 ? bpf_fentry_test1+0x5/0x10 ? bpf_fentry_test1+0x5/0x10 ? bpf_testmod_init+0x22/0x80 ? do_one_initcall+0x63/0x2e0 ? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40 ? kmalloc_trace+0xaf/0xc0 ? do_init_module+0x60/0x250 ? __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120 ? do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc </TASK> In unregister_fprobe function we can't release fp->rethook while it's possible there are some of its users still running on another cpu. Moving rethook_free call after fp->ops is unregistered with unregister_ftrace_function call.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-04

Last Modified

2026-03-21

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-04

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2023-53557

EUVD

EUVD-2025-32319

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
linux	linux_kernel	6.5
linux	linux_kernel	From 6.2 (inc) to 6.4.5 (exc)
linux	linux_kernel	From 5.18 (inc) to 6.1.40 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in the Linux kernel involves the fprobe feature where the release of a rethook is done incorrectly. Specifically, the rethook is released before ensuring that no users are still running it on other CPUs, which can cause a general protection fault due to accessing invalid memory addresses. The fix involves changing the order of operations to release the rethook only after unregistering the ftrace function, preventing this fault.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can cause a system crash or kernel fault (general protection fault) when running certain BPF selftests or using fprobe, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service.

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