CVE-2026-97960 (GCVE-0-2026-97960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:23 – Updated: 2026-10-21 12:53
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Title
perf/x86/intel: Prevent drain_pebs() reentry
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/intel: Prevent drain_pebs() reentry The PEBS buffer is shared by all events on a CPU, so drain_pebs() must not be reentered. If so, one instance may observe stale buffer state and potentially access out-of-bound memory. Most invocations happen in NMI context, which naturally prevents reentry. However, drain_pebs() is also reachable from process context via intel_pmu_drain_pebs_buffer(). In those paths, the PMU is often already disabled, but not guaranteed. For example, __intel_pmu_pebs_disable() only disables the target counter, so other active counters can still raise a PMI and interrupt an in-flight drain_pebs(). Here is an example, __perf_addr_filters_adjust() perf_event_stop() __perf_event_stop() x86_pmu_stop() (event->pmu->stop) intel_pmu_disable_event() intel_pmu_pebs_disable() __intel_pmu_pebs_disable() intel_pmu_drain_large_pebs() intel_pmu_drain_pebs_buffer() Introduce __intel_pmu_quiesce() and __intel_pmu_resume() helpers and use them in intel_pmu_drain_large_pebs() to disable the full PMU around the intel_pmu_drain_pebs_buffer() call, preventing reentry. Also add a warning in intel_pmu_drain_pebs_buffer() when the full PMU is not disabled.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6637 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: b752ea0c28e3f7f0aaaad6abf84f735eebc37a60 , < 9882068ed242fcd4743f53027e8c790e88dcafff (git)
Affected: b752ea0c28e3f7f0aaaad6abf84f735eebc37a60 , < 999e482fdf89400cc1ae937680fc05096b4c915b (git)
Affected: b752ea0c28e3f7f0aaaad6abf84f735eebc37a60 , < a5fe19dd8b3ed5fad6e5e0f0c58c7245043ee4af (git)
Affected: b752ea0c28e3f7f0aaaad6abf84f735eebc37a60 , < c55599c0ec2aa020e41a0599c3044c56d8a2e7d9 (git)
Affected: b752ea0c28e3f7f0aaaad6abf84f735eebc37a60 , < a56c03a397e2cd0c4cf8da96dcd6214f7d0e7d8c (git)
Affected: a9165207b2b07415eeb01b3ac8bb84976ec96984 (git)
Affected: 6.3.7 , < 6.4 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.160 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.114 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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