# CVE-2026-80602: perf/x86/amd/lbr: Fix kernel address leakage

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-28 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.1.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/amd/lbr: Fix kernel address leakage A user-only branch stack can contain branches that originate from the kernel. As a result, kernel addresses are exposed to user space even when PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER is requested. On AMD processors supporting X86_FEATURE_AMD_LBR_V2, perf can still report SYSRET/ERET entries for which the branch-from addresses are in the kernel. E.g. $ perf record -e cycles -o - -j any,save_type,u -- \ perf bench syscall basic --loop 1000 | \ perf script -i - -F brstack|tr ' ' '\n'| \ grep -E '0x[89a-f][0-9a-f]{15}' ... 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a90a38f1a/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a90a39157/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a90a2c628/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a90a41b60/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a90a260db/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a90a260db/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a8bef1c30/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH 0xffffffff81001268/0x717a8e4d3c90/M/-/-/0/ERET/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH ... The reason is that the hardware filter only considers the privilege level applicable to the branch target. Extend software filtering to also validate the branch-from addresses against br_sel, so that any branch record whose branch-from address is in the kernel is dropped when PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER is requested.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5adfec05e804ce4bd3368b75df5e5b7b40ee960b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5be478c1e08981ca91b34de310d7e2638171d9d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/208ecca408b1707ad86ea247d3d3e09d3606fc13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab0eba9c8819506bcb72348fd701f8a9006f95e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3b76b5ad2ebad63dd76f8b65b624eaf638b73f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a892294b83f541115c94b0bb637f39bef187657

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