# CVE-2025-39683: tracing: Limit access to parser-\>buffer when trace\_get\_user failed

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.241, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.20, and 8 more
- Published: 2025-09-05 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 634684d79733124f7470b226b0f42aada4426b07, fixed in b842ef39c2ad6156c13afdec25ecc6792a9b67b9; from 8c9af478c06bb1ab1422f90d8ecbc53defd44bc3, fixed in 41b838420457802f21918df66764b6fbf829d330; from 8c9af478c06bb1ab1422f90d8ecbc53defd44bc3, fixed in 418b448e1d7470da9d4d4797f71782595ee69c49; from 8c9af478c06bb1ab1422f90d8ecbc53defd44bc3, fixed in 58ff8064cb4c7eddac4da1a59da039ead586950a; from 8c9af478c06bb1ab1422f90d8ecbc53defd44bc3, fixed in d0c68045b8b0f3737ed7bd6b8c83b7887014adee; from 8c9af478c06bb1ab1422f90d8ecbc53defd44bc3, fixed in 3079517a5ba80901fe828a06998da64b9b8749be; from 8c9af478c06bb1ab1422f90d8ecbc53defd44bc3, fixed in 6a909ea83f226803ea0e718f6e88613df9234d58; from 5.10.36, fixed in 5.10.241; from 4.4.269, fixed in 4.5; from 4.9.269, fixed in 4.10; from 4.14.233, fixed in 4.15; from 4.19.191, fixed in 4.20; from 5.4.118, fixed in 5.5; from 5.11.20, fixed in 5.12; from 5.12.3, fixed in 5.13
- Linux: 5.13
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 5.10.241; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.190; from 5.13.0, fixed in 6.1.149; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.6.103; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.12.44; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.16.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Limit access to parser->buffer when trace_get_user failed When the length of the string written to set_ftrace_filter exceeds FTRACE_BUFF_MAX, the following KASAN alarm will be triggered: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in strsep+0x18c/0x1b0 Read of size 1 at addr ffff0000d00bd5ba by task ash/165 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 165 Comm: ash Not tainted 6.16.0-g6bcdbd62bd56-dirty Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: show_stack+0x34/0x50 (C) dump_stack_lvl+0xa0/0x158 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x88/0x398 print_report+0xb0/0x280 kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0 __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x20/0x30 strsep+0x18c/0x1b0 ftrace_process_regex.isra.0+0x100/0x2d8 ftrace_regex_release+0x484/0x618 __fput+0x364/0xa58 ____fput+0x28/0x40 task_work_run+0x154/0x278 do_notify_resume+0x1f0/0x220 el0_svc+0xec/0xf0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8 el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0 The reason is that trace_get_user will fail when processing a string longer than FTRACE_BUFF_MAX, but not set the end of parser->buffer to 0. Then an OOB access will be triggered in ftrace_regex_release-> ftrace_process_regex->strsep->strpbrk. We can solve this problem by limiting access to parser->buffer when trace_get_user failed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.241, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.20) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b842ef39c2ad6156c13afdec25ecc6792a9b67b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41b838420457802f21918df66764b6fbf829d330
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/418b448e1d7470da9d4d4797f71782595ee69c49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ff8064cb4c7eddac4da1a59da039ead586950a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c68045b8b0f3737ed7bd6b8c83b7887014adee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3079517a5ba80901fe828a06998da64b9b8749be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a909ea83f226803ea0e718f6e88613df9234d58

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