CVE-2025-37948
Published: May 22, 2025Last modified: May 22, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: bpf: Add BHB mitigation to the epilogue for cBPF programs A malicious BPF program may manipulate the branch history to influence what the hardware speculates will happen next. On exit from a BPF program, emit the BHB mititgation sequence. This is only applied for 'classic' cBPF programs that are loaded by seccomp.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.140-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.41-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.41-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dfefc2ea2f29ced2416017d7e5b1253a54c2735
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c345fd54afd9d6ed8d3fcddf3f6ea23887bf78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42a20cf51011788f04cf2adbcd7681f02bdb6c27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852b8ae934b5cbdc62496fa56ce9969aa2edda7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5c37b0e08a97cf0210bb75970e945aaaeebab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993f63239c219696aef8887a4e7d3a16bf5a8ece
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6a8735d841bcb7649734bb3a787bb174c67c0d8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html