CVE-2026-80670 (GCVE-0-2026-80670)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:49 – Updated: 2026-08-29 06:21
VLAI
Title
perf tools: Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() in machine__resolve()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf tools: Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() in machine__resolve() machine__resolve() accesses env->cpu[al->cpu].socket_id after checking al->cpu >= 0 and env->cpu != NULL, but without validating al->cpu against env->nr_cpus_avail. Since al->cpu comes from the untrusted perf.data sample, a crafted file with a large CPU index causes an out-of-bounds heap read. Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() which validates both NULL and bounds. Also bounds-check al->cpu before the cast to struct perf_cpu (int16_t): without this, values like 65536 silently truncate to 0, bypassing the accessor's internal check and returning CPU 0's topology.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869 , < b9e8406651dcc1c19238aad11861a758683525b4 (git)
Affected: 0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869 , < eb266a14c16a93eb4db7b56a452d6be93f8bdcd4 (git)
Affected: 0c4c4debb0adda4c18c158d95031dc2b9f637869 , < 5484b43a0ec8231c36fba6ead654cb72dbba8b8f (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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