Tracker / CVE-2026-23014
CVE-2026-23014
High 7.8
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 products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.17.8 → 6.18 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.18.1 → 6.18.6 |
Analysis
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