CVE-2026-80671
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf sched: Fix register_pid() overflow, strcpy, and BUG_ON
register_pid() has several issues when processing untrusted perf.data:
Cap pid at PID_MAX_LIMIT (4194304, matching the kernel's maximum on 64-bit), replace strcpy with strlcpy, guard against NULL comm, replace BUG_ON with NULL returns using safe realloc patterns, and add NULL checks in callers that dereference the result.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
1. Integer overflow: (pid + 1) * sizeof(struct task_desc *) can wrap to a small value on 32-bit systems when pid is large (e.g. 0x40000000), causing realloc to return a tiny buffer followed by out-of-bounds writes in the initialization loop. 2. Heap buffer overflow: strcpy(task->comm, comm) copies the untrusted comm string into a fixed 20-byte COMM_LEN buffer with no length check. 3. BUG_ON on allocation failure: perf.data is untrusted input, so allocation failures should be handled gracefully rather than killing the process. 4. Realloc of sched->tasks assigned directly back, leaking the old pointer on failure; nr_tasks incremented before the realloc, leaving corrupted state on failure.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto secundario
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %
Acceso local (AV:L) sin interacción: escalada de privilegios mediante integer overflow y buffer overflow en procesamiento de perf.data untrusted. Impactos: ejecución de código arbitrario (T1059) y DoS (T1499.004 - denial of service por crasheo del proceso)
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2003918e13f43cf6c5698be3cc9aa3657dd676a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22263d241bad753217d545f8085b7ead52e2873b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261d2b5f4afa0570ca906e553c93811c5abe4590
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29639f00bfa49da7904ba0a499e0da7a0e5d735e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/344e59fc4f2cba6dc04ce5e2a77388645d4ca834
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5949d339f5ec98752d56dcd4e36f619a59d513a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea1dcc9418c4e06ce29ed5170596f497ba86872
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/652cea73b7b7b7c622a2be670e44e3c499c6d49f
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf sched: Fix register_pid() overflow, strcpy, and BUG_ON\n\nregister_pid() has several issues when processing untrusted perf.data:\n\n1. Integer overflow: (pid + 1) * sizeof(struct task_desc *) can wrap\n to a small value on 32-bit systems when pid is large (e.g.\n 0x40000000), causing realloc to return a tiny buffer followed by\n out-of-bounds writes in the initialization loop.\n\n2. Heap buffer overflow: strcpy(task->comm, comm) copies the\n untrusted comm string into a fixed 20-byte COMM_LEN buffer with\n no length check.\n\n3. BUG_ON on allocation failure: perf.data is untrusted input, so\n allocation failures should be handled gracefully rather than\n killing the process.\n\n4. Realloc of sched->tasks assigned directly back, leaking the old\n pointer on failure; nr_tasks incremented before the realloc,\n leaving corrupted state on failure.\n\nCap pid at PID_MAX_LIMIT (4194304, matching the kernel's maximum\non 64-bit), replace strcpy with strlcpy, guard against NULL comm,\nreplace BUG_ON with NULL returns using safe realloc patterns, and\nadd NULL checks in callers that dereference the result."
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