CVE-2026-23271

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race Make sure that __perf_event_overflow() runs with IRQs disabled for all possible callchains. Specifically the software events can end up running it with only preemption disabled. This opens up a race vs perf_event_exit_event() and friends that will go and free various things the overflow path expects to be present, like the BPF program.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 1% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-362

Published

2026-03-20

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f89b61dd504c5b6711de9759e053b082f9abf12
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df1a45819e50993cb351682a6ae8e7ed2d233a0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f8d5812337871227bb2c98669a87c306a2f86ef
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c48fdc4b4623533d86e279f51531a7ba212eb87
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb190628fe5f2a73ba762a9972ba16c5e895f73e

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