perf/core: Fix refcount bug and potential UAF in perf_mmap (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23248
HIGH 7.8

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · centile 2 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Fix refcount bug and potential UAF in perf_mmap Syzkaller reported a refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free warning in perf_mmap. The issue is caused by a race condition between a failing mmap() setup and a concurrent mmap() on a dependent event (e.g., using output redirection). In perf_mmap(), the ring_buffer (rb) is allocated and assigned to event->rb with the mmap_mutex held. The mutex is then released to perform map_range(). If map_range() fails, perf_mmap_close() is called to clean up. However, since the mutex was dropped, another thread attaching to this event (via inherited events or output redirection) can acquire the mutex, observe the valid event->rb pointer, and attempt to increment its reference count. If the cleanup path has already dropped the reference count to zero, this results in a use-after-free or refcount saturation warning. Fix this by extending the scope of mmap_mutex to cover the map_range() call. This ensures that the ring buffer initialization and mapping (or cleanup on failure) happens atomically effectively, preventing other threads from accessing a half-initialized or dying ring buffer.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-362 — Situation de compétition
  • CWE-416 — Utilisation après libération

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b709eb872e19a19607bbb6d2975bc264d59735cf < c27dea9f50ed525facb62ef647dddc4722456e07 ; affected b709eb872e19a19607bbb6d2975bc264d59735cf < ac7ecb65af170a7fc193e7bd8be15dac84ec6a56 ; affected b709eb872e19a19607bbb6d2975bc264d59735cf < 77de62ad3de3967818c3dbe656b7336ebee461d2
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.14 ; unaffected 0 < 6.14 ; unaffected 6.18.17 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19.7 ≤ 6.19.* ; unaffected 7.0 ≤ *

Sources

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