CVE-2026-31528CWE-125CWE-787

CVE-2026-31528

High · published April 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups

Oliver reported that x86_pmu_del() ended up doing an out-of-bound memory access

when group_sched_in() fails and needs to roll back.

This *should* be handled by the transaction callbacks, but he found that when

the group leader is a software event, the transaction handlers of the wrong PMU

are used. Despite the move_group case in perf_event_open() and group_sched_in()

using pmu_ctx->pmu.

Turns out, inherit uses event->pmu to clone the events, effectively undoing the

move_group case for all inherited contexts. Fix this by also making inherit use

pmu_ctx->pmu, ensuring all inherited counters end up in the same pmu context.

Similarly, __perf_event_read() should use equally use pmu_ctx->pmu for the

group case.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00175 · 6.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-04-22T18:16Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1316.6.131
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.806.12.80
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.216.18.21
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.116.19.11
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 APR 13:54Z
    perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups
    cvelistv5