CVE-2026-31528
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/04/2026
Last modified:
22/04/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups<br />
<br />
Oliver reported that x86_pmu_del() ended up doing an out-of-bound memory access<br />
when group_sched_in() fails and needs to roll back.<br />
<br />
This *should* be handled by the transaction callbacks, but he found that when<br />
the group leader is a software event, the transaction handlers of the wrong PMU<br />
are used. Despite the move_group case in perf_event_open() and group_sched_in()<br />
using pmu_ctx->pmu.<br />
<br />
Turns out, inherit uses event->pmu to clone the events, effectively undoing the<br />
move_group case for all inherited contexts. Fix this by also making inherit use<br />
pmu_ctx->pmu, ensuring all inherited counters end up in the same pmu context.<br />
<br />
Similarly, __perf_event_read() should use equally use pmu_ctx->pmu for the<br />
group case.
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f7914e54fe7f13654c22ee045b05e4b6d8062b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a696e84a8b1fafdd774bb30d62919faf844d9e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9ce671960627b2505b3f64742544ae9801df97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c759446046500a1a6785b25725725c3ff087ace
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/656f35b463995bee024d948440128230aacd81e1



