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CVE-2026-23271

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race Make sure that __perf_event_overflow() runs with IRQs disabled for all possible callchains. Specifically the software events can end up running it with only preemption disabled. This opens up a race vs perf_event_exit_event() and friends that will go and free various things the overflow path expects to be present, like the BPF program.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 · fixed in 4df1a45819e50993cb351682a6ae8e7ed2d233a0; From 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 · fixed in 4f8d5812337871227bb2c98669a87c306a2f86ef; From 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 · fixed in 5c48fdc4b4623533d86e279f51531a7ba212eb87; From 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 · fixed in 3f89b61dd504c5b6711de9759e053b082f9abf12; From 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 · fixed in bb190628fe5f2a73ba762a9972ba16c5e895f73e; From 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 · fixed in c9bc1753b3cc41d0e01fbca7f035258b5f4db0ae

  • Linux Linux

    2.6.31

  • KernelLinux

    From 2.6.31 · fixed in 6.1.167; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.130; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.77; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.17; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 6.19.7

References 6

git.kernel.org