perf: Reject exited events as group leaders (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74753
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Reject exited events as group leaders perf_event_remove_on_exec() sets remove-on-exec events to the EXIT state and detaches their group relationships. The event's file descriptor can remain open, however, and perf_event_open() currently accepts that event as a group leader because its early validation rejects only REVOKED and DEAD events. A new sibling can consequently be linked to the detached leader. When the leader is closed, perf_group_detach() observes that its PERF_ATTACH_GROUP bit is already clear and skips the new sibling. The sibling then retains a group_leader pointer to the freed event. Reject group leaders in the EXIT state. Perform the check while holding the shared context mutex so that an exec in the target task cannot detach the leader between validation and group attachment. [peterz: make the earlier test fully consistent]

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 products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 4cdb1b3ab96eb1b7eb70bc5c82fede334bd60df2 < ce12e1170c0c78dffb9b28af6d287492ae7dd99d ; affected 39358e856fb89e62e3c8d7389a2dc4ec33dbe90e < e593031ff19a9484e8a00bc47edd447187721846 ; affected a2d5d3ee7b6e3953114726b1521e62123ab5b043 < 7a03413f31c196ab3894f988cdce0bb47b4fec42 ; affected 06ccef0434e98058ddae7bcebc901f93d22b7653 < 7ce010275c531475f9d6e7efb11b9e522c74ed2e ; affected 037a3c43edfb597665dd34457cd22b14692f2ba3 < fa091f46c3833fb22384f10eade2b4e1e1d0b278 ; affected 1d3e1102273f09180262496658e7eeed8a5a7b59
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.6.145 < 6.6.156 ; affected 6.12.96 < 6.12.108 ; affected 6.18.39 < 6.18.46 ; affected 7.1.4 < 7.1.10

Sources

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