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CVE-2026-53114

Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf/amd/ibs: Avoid calling perf_allow_kernel() from the IBS NMI handler

Calling perf_allow_kernel() from the NMI context is unsafe and could be fatal. Capture the permission at event-initialization time by storing it in event->hw.flags, and have the NMI handler rely on that cached flag instead of making the call directly.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWEs

References

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