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CVE-2026-23014

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-01-28 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed With the change to hrtimer_try_to_cancel() in perf_swevent_cancel_hrtimer() it appears possible for the hrtimer to still be active by the time the event gets freed. Make sure the event does a full hrtimer_cancel() on the free path by installing a perf_event::destroy handler.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References