Bug 2433917 (CVE-2026-23014) - CVE-2026-23014 kernel: perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed
Summary: CVE-2026-23014 kernel: perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23014
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-01-28 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-02 07:34 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-28 15:01:34 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed

With the change to hrtimer_try_to_cancel() in
perf_swevent_cancel_hrtimer() it appears possible for the hrtimer to
still be active by the time the event gets freed.

Make sure the event does a full hrtimer_cancel() on the free path by
installing a perf_event::destroy handler.


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