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CVE-2025-38489

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-07-28 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/bpf: Fix bpf_arch_text_poke() with new_addr == NULL again Commit 7ded842b356d ("s390/bpf: Fix bpf_plt pointer arithmetic") has accidentally removed the critical piece of commit c730fce7c70c ("s390/bpf: Fix bpf_arch_text_poke() with new_addr == NULL"), causing intermittent kernel panics in e.g. perf's on_switch() prog to reappear. Restore the fix and add a comment.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References