CVE-2026-98790 PUBLISHED

perf: Fix race between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf: Fix race between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task()

A race condition exists between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task() during begin_new_exec().

During begin_new_exec(), perf_event_exit_task() may be called, and the PF_EXITING flag is not set on task. So perf_sigtrap() continues to execute and triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->task != current).

Since both task exit and exec paths can call perf_event_exit_task() which sets ctx->task to TASK_TOMBSTONE, fix this by explicitly checking if event->ctx->task equals TASK_TOMBSTONE and dropping the redundant PF_EXITING check.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 97ba62b278674293762c3d91f724f1bb922f04e0 to 672b8a9ce8f51b991481dfde26fba5cc4340a91a (excl.)
  • affected from 97ba62b278674293762c3d91f724f1bb922f04e0 to 524063fea29f8a841e49927ea7a8085194ad3ec2 (excl.)
  • affected from 97ba62b278674293762c3d91f724f1bb922f04e0 to 81e61e3f8befa1bae3ec8e779d8ada5e5e362c21 (excl.)
  • affected from 97ba62b278674293762c3d91f724f1bb922f04e0 to ffb684f2aa141eeb0caa6308422e7e05d1ded7c4 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.113 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.56 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc6 to * (incl.)

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