CVE-2026-98790NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: Fix race between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task()
A race condition exists between perf_event_exit_task() and
perf_pending_task() during begin_new_exec().
During begin_new_exec(), perf_event_exit_task() may be called, and the
PF_EXITING flag is not set on task. So perf_sigtrap() continues to execute
and triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->task != current).
Since both task exit and exec paths can call perf_event_exit_task() which
sets ctx->task to TASK_TOMBSTONE, fix this by explicitly checking if
event->ctx->task equals TASK_TOMBSTONE and dropping the redundant
PF_EXITING check.
perf: Fix race between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task()
A race condition exists between perf_event_exit_task() and
perf_pending_task() during begin_new_exec().
During begin_new_exec(), perf_event_exit_task() may be called, and the
PF_EXITING flag is not set on task. So perf_sigtrap() continues to execute
and triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->task != current).
Since both task exit and exec paths can call perf_event_exit_task() which
sets ctx->task to TASK_TOMBSTONE, fix this by explicitly checking if
event->ctx->task equals TASK_TOMBSTONE and dropping the redundant
PF_EXITING check.
Affected & Patched Versions
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524063fea29f8a841e49927ea7a8085194ad3ec2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/655acfa713bce9ae9c81a654459890c2f58cb4e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672b8a9ce8f51b991481dfde26fba5cc4340a91a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e454fbe3e646d119ab75e907035950e0e857c09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e61e3f8befa1bae3ec8e779d8ada5e5e362c21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a6fe5601fa2d2c0fbfb3e531a1063f73c1eae3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb684f2aa141eeb0caa6308422e7e05d1ded7c4