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CVE-2026-99125

Linux: s390/pai: Handle multiple PMU stop callback invocations

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/pai: Handle multiple PMU stop callback invocations

Handle the following scenario: The kernel protects itself against a very high sampling load and throttles the sampling using:

perf_event_throttle() --> PMU->stop()

Shortly later the scheduler may terminate the task and removes it from the CPU. It again calls

PMU->stop()

which results in two invocations of PMU->stop() called back to back. Protect against this and check the PERF_HES_STOPPED bit on function entry. If it is already set return. Clear bit PERF_HES_STOPPED in PMU->start().

Prohibit ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD, ...) call for this event. It sets perf_event::event_limit to a positive value and causes perf_event_overflow() to invoke pai_stop() call back function when perf_event::event_limit hits zero. This is not supported because the sample events CRYPTO_ALL and NNPA_ALL are only taken at schedule out of a task.

Use list_for_each_entry_safe() for safe iteration over syswide_list in pai_have_samples().

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: 9f66572f2889a5e72a9d7e17787e52f03b1f7bd8 before cf348ec613f75b9774291e47b804fd7010835a6cCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 9f66572f2889a5e72a9d7e17787e52f03b1f7bd8 before f3110e969ad226ffbb2d9b4bf5387e68d0d9ef40CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.11CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.11CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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