GHSA-6JCW-GRC8-H79F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-22 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-22 18:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close for split VMAs

When a VMA is split (e.g., by partial munmap or MAP_FIXED), the kernel calls vm_ops->close on each portion. For trace buffer mappings, this results in ring_buffer_unmap() being called multiple times while ring_buffer_map() was only called once.

This causes ring_buffer_unmap() to return -ENODEV on subsequent calls because user_mapped is already 0, triggering a WARN_ON.

Trace buffer mappings cannot support partial mappings because the ring buffer structure requires the complete buffer including the meta page.

Fix this by adding a may_split callback that returns -EINVAL to prevent VMA splits entirely.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-68329"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-22T17:16:00Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close for split VMAs\n\nWhen a VMA is split (e.g., by partial munmap or MAP_FIXED), the kernel\ncalls vm_ops-\u003eclose on each portion. For trace buffer mappings, this\nresults in ring_buffer_unmap() being called multiple times while\nring_buffer_map() was only called once.\n\nThis causes ring_buffer_unmap() to return -ENODEV on subsequent calls\nbecause user_mapped is already 0, triggering a WARN_ON.\n\nTrace buffer mappings cannot support partial mappings because the ring\nbuffer structure requires the complete buffer including the meta page.\n\nFix this by adding a may_split callback that returns -EINVAL to prevent\nVMA splits entirely.",
  "id": "GHSA-6jcw-grc8-h79f",
  "modified": "2025-12-22T18:30:25Z",
  "published": "2025-12-22T18:30:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68329"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45053c12c45f0fb8ef6ab95118dd928d2fec0255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/922fdd0b755a84f9933b3ca195f60092b6bb88ee"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b042fdf18e89a347177a49e795d8e5184778b5b6"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}



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