perf/core: Fix NULL pmu_ctx passed to pmu->sched_task()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Fix NULL pmu_ctx passed to pmu->sched_task() perf_pmu_sched_task() returns early when cpuctx->task_ctx is set, and cpc->task_epc is only non-NULL while a task context is scheduled in on this CPU. __perf_pmu_sched_task() therefore always passes NULL: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00 pc : armv8pmu_sched_task+0x14/0x50 Call trace: armv8pmu_sched_task+0x14/0x50 (P) perf_pmu_sched_task+0xac/0x108 __perf_event_task_sched_out+0x6c/0xe0 Pass &cpc->epc instead, the CPU-wide context for this PMU, which the function already dereferences a few lines up to find pmu. armv8pmu_sched_task() is the only in-tree implementation that dereferences the argument, and it only reads ->pmu, so the oops needs BRBE, added in v6.17.

Timeline

1. Oct 18, 2026, 3:15 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 21, 2026, 12:55 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b · fixed in 98181f9721f75f1a544dc563b0d8fed1d5c398d5; From bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b · fixed in b5409311b606d536cc485f3706c242c2afa93edb; From bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b · fixed in 249a2bd87a0e57dc28f36e992807edc9cae309b5; From bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b · fixed in ec15f6a50183fc01f470af74ad49900fb3731fca; From bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b · fixed in 36bb85cf36cab15fb611cb44b78a5df06e4e69a2

• Linux Linux

  6.2

• KernelLinux

  From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.112; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.55; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.9

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