perf: Fix event leak upon exit (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 12 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix event leak upon exit When a task is scheduled out, pending sigtrap deliveries are deferred to the target task upon resume to userspace via task_work. However failures while adding an event's callback to the task_work engine are ignored. And since the last call for events exit happen after task work is eventually closed, there is a small window during which pending sigtrap can be queued though ignored, leaking the event refcount addition such as in the following scenario: TASK A ----- do_exit() exit_task_work(tsk); <IRQ> perf_event_overflow() event->pending_sigtrap = pending_id; irq_work_queue(&event->pending_irq); </IRQ> =========> PREEMPTION: TASK A -> TASK B event_sched_out() event->pending_sigtrap = 0; atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount) // FAILS: task work has exited task_work_add(&event->pending_task) [...] <IRQ WORK> perf_pending_irq() // early return: event->oncpu = -1 </IRQ WORK> [...] =========> TASK B -> TASK A perf_event_exit_task(tsk) perf_event_exit_event() free_event() WARN(atomic_long_cmpxchg(&event->refcount, 1, 0) != 1) // leak event due to unexpected refcount == 2 As a result the event is never released while the task exits. Fix this with appropriate task_work_add()'s error handling.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67fad724f1b568b356c1065d50df46e6b30eb2f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70882d7fa74f0731492a0d493e8515a4f7131831
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05d3fd599594abf79aad4484bccb2b26e1cb0b51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7a63352a93bdb8a1cdf29606bf617d3ac1c22a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd5ad3f310de22836cdacae919dd99d758a1f1b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-40520
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-43870
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0022 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0002 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1080 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1013 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0997 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0870 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.15.84 < 5.15.165cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.0.14 < 6.1cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.1.1 < 6.1.103cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.44cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.10.3cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 8bffa95ac19ff27c8261904f89d36c7fcf215d59 < 67fad724f1b568b356c1065d50df46e6b30eb2f7 ; affected 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < 70882d7fa74f0731492a0d493e8515a4f7131831 ; affected 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < 05d3fd599594abf79aad4484bccb2b26e1cb0b51 ; affected 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < 3d7a63352a93bdb8a1cdf29606bf617d3ac1c22a ; affected 517e6a301f34613bff24a8e35b5455884f2d83d8 < 2fd5ad3f310de22836cdacae919dd99d758a1f1b ; affected 78e1317a174edbfd1182599bf76c092a2877672c |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.1 ; unaffected 0 < 6.1 ; unaffected 5.15.165 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.103 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.44 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.10.3 ≤ 6.10.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |