CVE-2026-80670

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Since al->cpu comes from the untrusted\nperf.data sample, a crafted file with a large CPU index causes an\nout-of-bounds heap read.\n\nUse perf_env__get_cpu_topology() which validates both NULL and bounds.\nAlso bounds-check al->cpu before the cast to struct perf_cpu (int16_t):\nwithout this, values like 65536 silently truncate to 0, bypassing the\naccessor's internal check and returning CPU 0's topology."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 9.1, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - machine__resolve() is reached when perf tools parse untrusted perf.data samples via perf report/script/mem/kvm/diff and related builtins; recordings are routinely ingested over the network through stdin pipes (perf -i -) or automated CI/profiling services that analyze uploaded artifacts, giving a remote attacker a network path to supply the malicious CPU index.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls sample.cpu in the crafted perf.data PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE payload; once perf opens the file or pipe, a single sample with cpu >= nr_cpus_avail deterministically triggers the out-of-bounds read without races, timing, or uncontrollable memory layout.\nPR:N - Processing malicious perf.data requires no Linux capabilities or init-namespace root; any remote party who can supply a recording to a profiling pipeline, bug-report workflow, or piped perf session can trigger the bug on the analyzing host without local account privileges on that system.\nUI:N - No interactive victim action beyond normal automated ingestion of perf recordings is required; an attacker can deliver a crafted file to CI bots, shared profiling servers, or piped analysis sessions that invoke perf non-interactively, without the analyst manually opening attachments.\nS:U - The flaw is confined to the userspace perf tool process parsing the recording; impact does not cross VM, IOMMU, or container/kernel security boundaries and remains within the same security authority as the perf analyzer process.\nC:H - The bug is an attacker-controlled out-of-bounds heap read through env->cpu[al->cpu].socket_id with no upper bound on the index relative to the allocated topology array, enabling disclosure of adjacent heap contents (metadata, pointers, strings) from the perf process address space.\nI:N - The vulnerability performs only an out-of-bounds read of topology fields into al->socket; it does not write memory, corrupt heap metadata, or provide a direct arbitrary-write or code-execution primitive in the vulnerable code path.\nA:H - An out-of-bounds heap read with a large crafted CPU index commonly causes an immediate SIGSEGV or abort of the perf analysis process, denying availability of profiling, CI performance triage, and incident-response workflows that depend on perf report/script completing successfully."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["tools/perf/util/event.c"], "versions": [{"version": "0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869", "lessThan": "b9e8406651dcc1c19238aad11861a758683525b4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869", "lessThan": "eb266a14c16a93eb4db7b56a452d6be93f8bdcd4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869", "lessThan": "5484b43a0ec8231c36fba6ead654cb72dbba8b8f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["tools/perf/util/event.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4.4", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "4.4", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9e8406651dcc1c19238aad11861a758683525b4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb266a14c16a93eb4db7b56a452d6be93f8bdcd4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5484b43a0ec8231c36fba6ead654cb72dbba8b8f"}], "title": "perf tools: Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() in machine__resolve()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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