Bug 2508319 (CVE-2026-64556)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-64556 kernel: perf/core: Detach event groups during remove_on_exec | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | akito5623, rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's performance monitoring unit (PMU) subsystem. This vulnerability occurs when a performance event group leader is removed during process execution, but its associated events (siblings) remain active and linked to a stale list. This inconsistent state can lead to a corruption of the PMU context active list, potentially causing system instability or a denial of service. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to disrupt system operations.
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-07-29 09:01:36 UTC
Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072939-CVE-2026-64556-0f2c@gregkh/T FYI, a public exploit / PoC for CVE-2026-64556 is now available. Red Hat CVE: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-64556 Public exploit / PoC: https://github.com/google/security-research/tree/d9fa91ad8392ead13cbc53fb44a56b187dd88cb9/pocs/linux/kernelctf/CVE-2026-64556_lts/exploit/lts-6.12.91 Relevant stable kernel fixes: RHEL 8 / RHEL 9 reference (6.6.145 backport): https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=4cdb1b3ab96eb1b7eb70bc5c82fede334bd60df2 RHEL 10 reference (6.12.96 backport): https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=39358e856fb89e62e3c8d7389a2dc4ec33dbe90e From reviewing the upstream fix, I could not identify an obvious practical runtime mitigation other than updating to a fixed kernel. If there is any Red Hat-specific mitigation available before the fixed kernel is installed, please let me know. This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:72467 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72467 This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:72468 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72468 This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:72624 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72624 This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:72623 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72623 |