# CVE-2025-38649: arm64: dts: qcom: qcs615: fix a crash issue caused by infinite loop for Coresight

> An infinite loop in the Coresight driver causes a stack overflow and system crash when specific source devices are enabled without an active sink.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-38649, GHSA-qqwv-fwgc-v6cp, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38649

## What is CVE-2025-38649?

CVE-2025-38649 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

arm64: dts: qcom: qcs615: fix a crash issue caused by infinite loop for Coresight

An infinite loop has been created by the Coresight devices. When only a
source device is enabled, the coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink function
is recursively invoked in an attempt to locate an active sink device,
ultimately leading to a stack overflow and system crash. Therefore, disable
the replicator1 to break the infinite loop and prevent a potential stack
overflow.

replicator1_out   ->   funnel_swao_in6   ->   tmc_etf_swao_in   ->  tmc_etf_swao_out
     |                                                                     |
replicator1_in                                                     replicator_swao_in
     |                                                                     |
replicator0_out1                                                   replicator_swao_out0
     |                                                                     |
replicator0_in                                                     funnel_in1_in3
     |                                                                     |
tmc_etf_out <- tmc_etf_in <- funnel_merg_out <- funnel_merg_in1 <- funnel_in1_out

[call trace]
   dump_backtrace+0x9c/0x128
   show_stack+0x20/0x38
   dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x60
   dump_stack+0x18/0x28
   panic+0x340/0x3b0
   nmi_panic+0x94/0xa0
   panic_bad_stack+0x114/0x138
   handle_bad_stack+0x34/0xb8
   __bad_stack+0x78/0x80
   coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink+0x28/0xa0 [coresight]
   coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink+0x5c/0xa0 [coresight]
   coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink+0x5c/0xa0 [coresight]
   coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink+0x5c/0xa0 [coresight]
   coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink+0x5c/0xa0 [coresight]
   ...
   coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink+0x5c/0xa0 [coresight]
   coresight_enable_sysfs+0x80/0x2a0 [coresight]

side effect after the change:
Only trace data originating from AOSS can reach the ETF_SWAO and EUD sinks.

Weakness: CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38649?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38649?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38649 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38649 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38649/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38649/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38649
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38649
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38649

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