CVE-2026-23271 PUBLISHED

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.01.2026 Published: 20.03.2026 Updated: 20.03.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 to 5c48fdc4b4623533d86e279f51531a7ba212eb87 (excl.)
  • affected from 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 to 3f89b61dd504c5b6711de9759e053b082f9abf12 (excl.)
  • affected from 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 to bb190628fe5f2a73ba762a9972ba16c5e895f73e (excl.)
  • affected from 592903cdcbf606a838056bae6d03fc557806c914 to c9bc1753b3cc41d0e01fbca7f035258b5f4db0ae (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.31 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.31 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.77 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.17 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.7 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0-rc2 to * (incl.)

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