GHSA-5cg4-h7ff-5xr5unknown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Check kernel...

Published
October 23, 2026
Last Modified
October 23, 2026

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📋 Description

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

perf/core: Check kernel access when kernel callchains are requested

perf_event_open() currently gates perf_allow_kernel() only on !attr.exclude_kernel.

However, users can still request kernel callchain collection with attr.exclude_callchain_kernel == 0 even when attr.exclude_kernel == 1. That still requires kernel profiling privilege, but the existing check does not enforce it.

Update the permission check to call perf_allow_kernel() when either kernel sampling is requested or kernel callchains are requested.

This keeps permission checks aligned with requested data and prevents unprivileged use of kernel callchain capture.

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