Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37936

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU109561

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37936

Published: May 21, 2025 / Updated: May 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109561
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37936
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the intel_guest_get_msrs() function in arch/x86/events/intel/core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Confidential Computing Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo
linux (Debian package)
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco
kernel-coco-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-mediatek
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-amlogic
dtb-socionext
kernel-obs-build
dtb-sprd
dtb-exynos
dtb-cavium
dtb-altera
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-rockchip
kernel-docs
dtb-xilinx
dtb-lg
dtb-renesas
dtb-apple
dtb-arm
dtb-amd
dtb-allwinner
dtb-aarch64
dtb-qcom
dtb-nvidia
dtb-apm
dtb-broadcom
dtb-amazon
dtb-marvell
dtb-freescale
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-debug
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
reiserfs-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
python3-perf
kernel-tools-devel
perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
perf-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-64k
kernel-64k-debug
kernel-64k-debug-devel
kernel-64k-devel
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-37936

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.14.6
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.140-1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-93.0.0.87, 6.6.0-93.0.0.98
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel - update to 6.6.102-5
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-24.24, 6.14.0-1006.6, 6.14.0-1009.9, 6.14.0-1011.11
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-100.100.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1023.24, 6.8.0.1023.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1, 6.14.0-1009.9
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-2037.38, 6.8.1-1041.42
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1009.9
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1009.9~24.04.1

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