GHSA-5cg4-h7ff-5xr5unknown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Check kernel...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98937
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/132bee76097be421ab3012130b5b506324cf2be1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2581b43e162cfc43e6f5d8dd8d2b38f3441550de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e187281f978a2bff98ead6aa40f8ddc9a2c9afb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4573a3838ae4fc73b70019cfa1dac9aaea7cc2f
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cg4-h7ff-5xr5