Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail When perf_mmap() fails to allocate a buffer, it still invokes the event_mapped() callback of the related event. On X86 this might increase the perf_rdpmc_allowed reference counter. But nothing undoes this as perf_mmap_close() is never called in this case, which causes another reference count leak. Return early on failure to prevent that.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
7.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (30)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
4.0.0 - 5.4.297linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.241linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.15.10linux
linux/Kernel
6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
Linux/Linux
< 4.0
... and 20 more
Published
Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026