CVE-2026-23127 (GCVE-0-2026-23127)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 15:09 – Updated: 2026-02-14 15:09
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perf: Fix refcount warning on event->mmap_count increment
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix refcount warning on event->mmap_count increment When calling refcount_inc(&event->mmap_count) inside perf_mmap_rb(), the following warning is triggered: refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 PoC: struct perf_event_attr attr = {0}; int fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, -1, 0); mmap(NULL, 0x3000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); int victim = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, fd, PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT); mmap(NULL, 0x3000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, victim, 0); This occurs when creating a group member event with the flag PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT. The group leader should be mmap-ed and then mmap-ing the event triggers the warning. Since the event has copied the output_event in perf_event_set_output(), event->rb is set. As a result, perf_mmap_rb() calls refcount_inc(&event->mmap_count) when event->mmap_count = 0. Disallow the case when event->mmap_count = 0. This also prevents two events from updating the same user_page.
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Linux Linux Affected: 448f97fba9013ffa13f5dd82febd18836b189499 , < 23c0e4bd93d0b250775162faf456470485ac9fc7 (git)
Affected: 448f97fba9013ffa13f5dd82febd18836b189499 , < d06bf78e55d5159c1b00072e606ab924ffbbad35 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.8 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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