CVE-2025-37753 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-37753
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-37753 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕜 02 May 2025, 13:53 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 01 May 2025, 13:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-37753 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-37753: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/cpumf: Fix double free on error in cpumf_pmu_event_init() In PMU event initialization functions - cpumsf_pmu_event_init() - cpumf_pmu_event_init() - cfdiag_event_init() the partially created event had to be removed when an error was detected. The event::event_init() member function had to release all resources it allocated in case of error. event::destroy() had to be called on freeing an event after it was successfully created and event::event_init() returned success. With commit c70ca298036c ("perf/core: Simplify the perf_event_alloc() error path") this is not necessary anymore. The performance subsystem common code now always calls event::destroy() to clean up the allocated resources created during event initialization. Remove the event::destroy() invocation in PMU event initialization or that function is called twice for each event that runs into an error condition in event creation. This is the kernel log entry which shows up without the fix: ------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 43388 at lib/refcount.c:87 refcount_dec_not_one+0x74/0x90 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 43388 Comm: perf Not tainted 6.15.0-20250407.rc1.git0.300.fc41.s390x+git #1 NONE Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (LPAR) Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 00000209cb2c1b88 (refcount_dec_not_one+0x78/0x90) R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3 Krnl GPRS: 0000020900000027 0000020900000023 0000000000000026 0000018900000000 00000004a2200a00 0000000000000000 0000000000000057 ffffffffffffffea 00000002b386c600 00000002b3f5b3e0 00000209cc51f140 00000209cc7fc550 0000000001449d38 ffffffffffffffff 00000209cb2c1b84 00000189d67dfb80 Krnl Code: 00000209cb2c1b78: c02000506727 larl %r2,00000209cbcce9c6 00000209cb2c1b7e: c0e5ffbd4431 brasl %r14,00000209caa6a3e0 #00000209cb2c1b84: af000000 mc 0,0 >00000209cb2c1b88: a7480001 lhi %r4,1 00000209cb2c1b8c: ebeff0a00004 lmg %r14,%r15,160(%r15) 00000209cb2c1b92: ec243fbf0055 risbg %r2,%r4,63,191,0 00000209cb2c1b98: 07fe bcr 15,%r14 00000209cb2c1b9a: 47000700 bc 0,1792 Call Trace: [<00000209cb2c1b88>] refcount_dec_not_one+0x78/0x90 [<00000209cb2c1dc4>] refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock+0x24/0x90 [<00000209caa3c29e>] hw_perf_event_destroy+0x2e/0x80 [<00000209cacaf8b4>] __free_event+0x74/0x270 [<00000209cacb47c4>] perf_event_alloc.part.0+0x4a4/0x730 [<00000209cacbf3e8>] __do_sys_perf_event_open+0x248/0xc20 [<00000209cacc14a4>] __s390x_sys_perf_event_open+0x44/0x50 [<00000209cb8114de>] __do_syscall+0x12e/0x260 [<00000209cb81ce34>] system_call+0x74/0x98 Last Breaking-Event-Address: [<00000209caa6a4d2>] __warn_printk+0xf2/0x100 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-37753

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-37753 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-37753

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-37753.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-37753, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-37753, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-37753 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2025-37753 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-37753 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-37753 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

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