CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98790
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524063fea29f8a841e49927ea7a8085194ad3ec2 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/655acfa713bce9ae9c81a654459890c2f58cb4e8 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672b8a9ce8f51b991481dfde26fba5cc4340a91a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e61e3f8befa1bae3ec8e779d8ada5e5e362c21 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb684f2aa141eeb0caa6308422e7e05d1ded7c4 git.kernel.org