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CVE-2026-53114

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-06-24 Modified: 2026-07-23

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References