{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-93181","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-17T16:02:15.091Z","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:12:08.716Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:12:08.716Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:12:08.716Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix uncore_box ref/unref ordering\n\nIn uncore_event_cpu_online(), uncore_box_ref() was called before\nuncore_change_context().  uncore_box_ref() gates on box->cpu >= 0,\nbut box->cpu is still -1 at that point because uncore_change_context()\nhas not run yet.  As a result, the box is never initialized on the\nfirst CPU to come online in a die, leaving it permanently\nuninitialized in the single-CPU-per-die case.\n\nThus, box->refcnt is one count below the true value, and in the CPU\noffline path, the box will be torn down on the second-to-last CPU.\n\nIn uncore_event_cpu_offline(), uncore_box_unref() was called after\nuncore_change_context(), so box->cpu is already -1 when the collector\nCPU goes offline, which prevents it from tearing down the box.\n\nFix by swapping the call order in both paths so that\nuncore_box_{ref,unref}() runs at the point where box->cpu reflects\nthe correct context.\n\nMove allocate_boxes() out of uncore_box_ref() to enable this\nreordering."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c"],"versions":[{"version":"c74443d92f68f07c03ae242ced554b749e6c6736","lessThan":"64aa1bb4017d598828c6d8cd718f43daf2a83375","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c74443d92f68f07c03ae242ced554b749e6c6736","lessThan":"174f0582e38abe03b88e15f04bfe58490f88cb19","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","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":"6.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64aa1bb4017d598828c6d8cd718f43daf2a83375"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/174f0582e38abe03b88e15f04bfe58490f88cb19"}],"title":"perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix uncore_box ref/unref ordering","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}