CVE-2026-23271
7.8 HIGHIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race...
Published: 2026-03-20 · Last updated: 2026-04-02
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23271
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f89b61dd504c5b6711de9759e053b082f9abf12
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df1a45819e50993cb351682a6ae8e7ed2d233a0
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f8d5812337871227bb2c98669a87c306a2f86ef
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c48fdc4b4623533d86e279f51531a7ba212eb87
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb190628fe5f2a73ba762a9972ba16c5e895f73e
- [Other]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9bc1753b3cc41d0e01fbca7f035258b5f4db0ae