CVE-2026-31528

HIGH

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.12.80 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.21 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.11 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.6.131 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b - 35f7914e54fe7f13654c22ee045b05e4b6d8062b
Linux/Linux bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b - 3a696e84a8b1fafdd774bb30d62919faf844d9e4
Linux/Linux bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b - 4b9ce671960627b2505b3f64742544ae9801df97
... and 4 more
Published Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026