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

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

How to mitigate CVE-2025-37936

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.14.6
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-24.24
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1006.6
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2, 6.14.0-1011.11
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1009.9
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1, 6.14.0-1009.9
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1009.9
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1009.9~24.04.1
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
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - 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-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-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-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-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-lg - 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-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - 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-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-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
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - 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
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default-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
cluster-md-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-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
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
bpftool - 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
kernel-debuginfo - 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-devel - 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-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
kernel-tools-debuginfo - 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
perf-debuginfo - 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-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k - 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
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel - update to 6.6.102-5
bpftool - 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 (Debian package) - update to 6.1.140-1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1
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-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1023.24, 6.8.0.1023.24
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1044.44
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
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

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