CVE-2026-23014

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxeb3182ef0405ff2f6668fd3e5ff9883f60ce8801 < deee9dfb111ab00f9dfd46c0c7e36656b80f5235affected
LinuxLinuxeb3182ef0405ff2f6668fd3e5ff9883f60ce8801 < ff5860f5088e9076ebcccf05a6ca709d5935cfa9affected
LinuxLinux6b8c512811644cf2f5eaf6f44e928683c54127f0affected
LinuxLinux6.17.8 < 6.18affected
LinuxLinux6.18affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.18unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.6 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.19 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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