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High · CVSS 8.7CVE-2025-37936

perf/x86/intel: KVM: Mask PEBS_ENABLE loaded for guest with vCPU's value.CVE-2025-37936

Answer in brief

CVE-2025-37936 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in perf/x86/intel: KVM: Mask PEBS_ENABLE loaded for guest with vCPU's value.. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.

Published May 20, 2025Updated Oct 15, 2026Source checked Nov 4, 2026First seen by HOL Aug 5, 2026Material review Oct 15, 2026
Upstream Advisory

Record context

Vulnerability class
Vulnerability
EPSS
Not reported
CWE IDs
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Source
CVE List V5
Source checked
Nov 4, 2026
References
6 linked sources
Open source record

Key facts

Risk
High · CVSS 8.7
Exploitation
Not marked as known exploited
Affected software
8 mapped packages or products
Fix availability
Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Affected products and reported versions
ProductAffected versionsFixed versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
PackageAffected rangeFixed version
Linux/Linuxgeneric>=c59a1f106f5cd4843c097069ff1bb2ad72103a67 <160153cf9e4aa875ad086cc094ce34aac8e13d63 || >=c59a1f106f5cd4843c097069ff1bb2ad72103a67 <34b6fa11431aef71045ae5a00d90a7d630597eda || >=c59a1f106f5cd4843c097069ff1bb2ad72103a67 <44ee0afc9d1e7a7c1932698de01362ed80cfc4b5 || >=c59a1f106f5cd4843c097069ff1bb2ad72103a67 <86aa62895fc2fb7ab09d7ca40fae8ad09841f66b || >=c59a1f106f5cd4843c097069ff1bb2ad72103a67 <58f6217e5d0132a9f14e401e62796916aa055c1b160153cf9e4aa875ad086cc094ce34aac8e13d63, 34b6fa11431aef71045ae5a00d90a7d630597eda, 44ee0afc9d1e7a7c1932698de01362ed80cfc4b5, 86aa62895fc2fb7ab09d7ca40fae8ad09841f66b, 58f6217e5d0132a9f14e401e62796916aa055c1b
Linux/Linuxgeneric6.0Not reported

Recommended response

  1. 1Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Linux/Linux, Linux/Linux.
  2. 2Review the reported fix. Update Linux/Linux to 160153cf9e4aa875ad086cc094ce34aac8e13d63 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

  1. Published upstream

    May 20, 2025

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  2. Source modified

    Oct 15, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  3. First seen by HOL

    Aug 5, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencelists.debian.org
Upstream source description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/intel: KVM: Mask PEBS_ENABLE loaded for guest with vCPU's value. When generating the MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE value that will be loaded on VM-Entry to a KVM guest, mask the value with the vCPU's desired PEBS_ENABLE value. Consulting only the host kernel's host vs. guest masks results in running the guest with PEBS enabled even when the guest doesn't want to use PEBS. Because KVM uses perf events to proxy the guest virtual PMU, simply looking at exclude_host can't differentiate between events created by host userspace, and events created by KVM on behalf of the guest. Running the guest with PEBS unexpectedly enabled typically manifests as crashes due to a near-infinite stream of #PFs. E.g. if the guest hasn't written MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, the CPU will hit page faults on address '0' when trying to record PEBS events. The issue is most easily reproduced by running `perf kvm top` from before commit 7b100989b4f6 ("perf evlist: Remove __evlist__add_default") (after which, `perf kvm top` effectively stopped using PEBS). The userspace side of perf creates a guest-only PEBS event, which intel_guest_get_msrs() misconstrues a guest-*owned* PEBS event. Arguably, this is a userspace bug, as enabling PEBS on guest-only events simply cannot work, and userspace can kill VMs in many other ways (there is no danger to the host). However, even if this is considered to be bad userspace behavior, there's zero downside to perf/KVM restricting PEBS to guest-owned events. Note, commit 854250329c02 ("KVM: x86/pmu: Disable guest PEBS temporarily in two rare situations") fixed the case where host userspace is profiling KVM *and* userspace, but missed the case where userspace is profiling only KVM.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.