FKIE_CVE-2026-80671

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-28 08:16 - Updated: 2026-09-14 13:18
Severity
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf sched: Fix register_pid() overflow, strcpy, and BUG_ON register_pid() has several issues when processing untrusted perf.data: 1. Integer overflow: (pid + 1) * sizeof(struct task_desc *) can wrap to a small value on 32-bit systems when pid is large (e.g. 0x40000000), causing realloc to return a tiny buffer followed by out-of-bounds writes in the initialization loop. 2. Heap buffer overflow: strcpy(task->comm, comm) copies the untrusted comm string into a fixed 20-byte COMM_LEN buffer with no length check. 3. BUG_ON on allocation failure: perf.data is untrusted input, so allocation failures should be handled gracefully rather than killing the process. 4. Realloc of sched->tasks assigned directly back, leaking the old pointer on failure; nr_tasks incremented before the realloc, leaving corrupted state on failure. Cap pid at PID_MAX_LIMIT (4194304, matching the kernel's maximum on 64-bit), replace strcpy with strlcpy, guard against NULL comm, replace BUG_ON with NULL returns using safe realloc patterns, and add NULL checks in callers that dereference the result.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2003918e13f43cf6c5698be3cc9aa3657dd676a8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22263d241bad753217d545f8085b7ead52e2873b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261d2b5f4afa0570ca906e553c93811c5abe4590
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29639f00bfa49da7904ba0a499e0da7a0e5d735e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/344e59fc4f2cba6dc04ce5e2a77388645d4ca834
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5949d339f5ec98752d56dcd4e36f619a59d513a5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea1dcc9418c4e06ce29ed5170596f497ba86872
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/652cea73b7b7b7c622a2be670e44e3c499c6d49f
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf sched: Fix register_pid() overflow, strcpy, and BUG_ON\n\nregister_pid() has several issues when processing untrusted perf.data:\n\n1. Integer overflow: (pid + 1) * sizeof(struct task_desc *) can wrap\n   to a small value on 32-bit systems when pid is large (e.g.\n   0x40000000), causing realloc to return a tiny buffer followed by\n   out-of-bounds writes in the initialization loop.\n\n2. Heap buffer overflow: strcpy(task-\u003ecomm, comm) copies the\n   untrusted comm string into a fixed 20-byte COMM_LEN buffer with\n   no length check.\n\n3. BUG_ON on allocation failure: perf.data is untrusted input, so\n   allocation failures should be handled gracefully rather than\n   killing the process.\n\n4. Realloc of sched-\u003etasks assigned directly back, leaking the old\n   pointer on failure; nr_tasks incremented before the realloc,\n   leaving corrupted state on failure.\n\nCap pid at PID_MAX_LIMIT (4194304, matching the kernel\u0027s maximum\non 64-bit), replace strcpy with strlcpy, guard against NULL comm,\nreplace BUG_ON with NULL returns using safe realloc patterns, and\nadd NULL checks in callers that dereference the result."
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-14T13:18:48.167",
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          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
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