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CVE-2025-21733 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/osnoise: Fix resetting of tracepoints If a timerlat tracer is started with the osnoise option OSNOISE_WORKLOAD disabled, but then that option is enabled and timerlat is removed, the tracepoints that were enabled on timerlat registration do not get disabled. If the option is disabled again and timelat is started, then it triggers a warning in the tracepoint code due to registering the tracepoint again without ever disabling it. Do not use the same user space defined options to know to disable the tracepoints when timerlat is removed. Instead, set a global flag when it is enabled and use that flag to know to disable the events. ~# echo NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD > /sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/options ~# echo timerlat > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer ~# echo OSNOISE_WORKLOAD > /sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/options ~# echo nop > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer ~# echo NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD > /sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/options ~# echo timerlat > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer Triggers: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1337 at kernel/tracepoint.c:294 tracepoint_add_func+0x3b6/0x3f0 Modul…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-02-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

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