perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-31528
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups Oliver reported that x86_pmu_del() ended up doing an out-of-bound memory access when group_sched_in() fails and needs to roll back. This *should* be handled by the transaction callbacks, but he found that when the group leader is a software event, the transaction handlers of the wrong PMU are used. Despite the move_group case in perf_event_open() and group_sched_in() using pmu_ctx->pmu. Turns out, inherit uses event->pmu to clone the events, effectively undoing the move_group case for all inherited contexts. Fix this by also making inherit use pmu_ctx->pmu, ensuring all inherited counters end up in the same pmu context. Similarly, __perf_event_read() should use equally use pmu_ctx->pmu for the group case.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
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)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b < 656f35b463995bee024d948440128230aacd81e1 ; affected bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b < 3a696e84a8b1fafdd774bb30d62919faf844d9e4 ; affected bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b < 35f7914e54fe7f13654c22ee045b05e4b6d8062b ; affected bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b < 4c759446046500a1a6785b25725725c3ff087ace ; affected bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b < 4b9ce671960627b2505b3f64742544ae9801df97
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.2 ; unaffected 0 < 6.2 ; unaffected 6.6.131 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.80 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.21 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19.11 ≤ 6.19.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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