CVE-2026-80670

Summary

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

perf tools: Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() in machine__resolve()

machine__resolve() accesses env->cpu[al->cpu].socket_id after checking al->cpu >= 0 and env->cpu != NULL, but without validating al->cpu against env->nr_cpus_avail. Since al->cpu comes from the untrusted perf.data sample, a crafted file with a large CPU index causes an out-of-bounds heap read.

Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() which validates both NULL and bounds. Also bounds-check al->cpu before the cast to struct perf_cpu (int16_t): without this, values like 65536 silently truncate to 0, bypassing the accessor's internal check and returning CPU 0's topology.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869 < b9e8406651dcc1c19238aad11861a758683525b4affected
LinuxLinux0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869 < eb266a14c16a93eb4db7b56a452d6be93f8bdcd4affected
LinuxLinux0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869 < 5484b43a0ec8231c36fba6ead654cb72dbba8b8faffected
LinuxLinux4.4affected
LinuxLinux0 < 4.4unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.40 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

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