{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-23127","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:45.970Z","datePublished":"2026-02-14T15:09:56.237Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:00:39.060Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:00:39.060Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf: Fix refcount warning on event->mmap_count increment\n\nWhen calling refcount_inc(&event->mmap_count) inside perf_mmap_rb(), the\nfollowing warning is triggered:\n\n        refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n        WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25\n\nPoC:\n\n    struct perf_event_attr attr = {0};\n    int fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);\n    mmap(NULL, 0x3000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);\n    int victim = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, fd,\n                         PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT);\n    mmap(NULL, 0x3000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, victim, 0);\n\nThis occurs when creating a group member event with the flag\nPERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT. The group leader should be mmap-ed and then mmap-ing\nthe event triggers the warning.\n\nSince the event has copied the output_event in perf_event_set_output(),\nevent->rb is set. As a result, perf_mmap_rb() calls\nrefcount_inc(&event->mmap_count) when event->mmap_count = 0.\n\nDisallow the case when event->mmap_count = 0. This also prevents two\nevents from updating the same user_page."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/events/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"448f97fba9013ffa13f5dd82febd18836b189499","lessThan":"23c0e4bd93d0b250775162faf456470485ac9fc7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"448f97fba9013ffa13f5dd82febd18836b189499","lessThan":"d06bf78e55d5159c1b00072e606ab924ffbbad35","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/events/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.8","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","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":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c0e4bd93d0b250775162faf456470485ac9fc7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06bf78e55d5159c1b00072e606ab924ffbbad35"}],"title":"perf: Fix refcount warning on event->mmap_count increment","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}