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coresight: tmc-etr: Fix race condition between sysfs and perf mode

Published Jun 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 21, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

coresight: tmc-etr: Fix race condition between sysfs and perf mode

When trying to run perf and sysfs mode simultaneously, the WARN_ON()
in tmc_etr_enable_hw() is triggered sometimes:

WARNING: CPU: 42 PID: 3911571 at drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c:1060 tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc]
[..snip..]
Call trace:
tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc] (P)
tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc] (L)
tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc]
coresight_enable_path+0x1c8/0x218 [coresight]
coresight_enable_sysfs+0xa4/0x228 [coresight]
enable_source_store+0x58/0xa8 [coresight]
dev_attr_store+0x20/0x40
sysfs_kf_write+0x4c/0x68
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1b8
vfs_write+0x2c8/0x388
ksys_write+0x74/0x108
__arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x64/0x148
do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
el0_svc+0x3c/0x130
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc8/0xd0
el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Since the enablement of sysfs mode is separeted into two critical regions,
one for sysfs buffer allocation and another for hardware enablement, it's
possible to race with the perf mode. Fix this by double check whether
the perf mode's been used before enabling the hardware in sysfs mode.

mode:
[sysfs mode] [perf mode]
tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer()
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
[sysfs buffer allocation]
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
tmc_etr_enable_hw()
drvdata->etr_buf = etr_perf->etr_buf
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
tmc_etr_enable_hw()
WARN_ON(drvdata->etr_buf) // WARN sicne etr_buf initialized at
the perf side
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)

With this fix, we retain the check for CS_MODE_PERF in get_etr_sysfs_buf.
This ensures we verify whether the perf mode's already running before we
actually allocate the buffer. Then we can save the time of
allocating/freeing the sysfs buffer if race with the perf mode.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.5 6.6.160

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.18.14-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.115-2 —
Debian 12 linux-6.12 6.12.115-2~deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux +44 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +42 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.25 openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.39.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1

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