GHSA-H7WR-QV5C-937X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-25 12:30 – Updated: 2026-03-25 12:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/core: Fix invalid wait context in ctx_sched_in()
Lockdep found a bug in the event scheduling when a pinned event was failed and wakes up the threads in the ring buffer like below.
It seems it should not grab a wait-queue lock under perf-context lock. Let's do it with irq_work.
[ 39.913691] ============================= [ 39.914157] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ] [ 39.914623] 6.15.0-next-20250530-next-2025053 #1 Not tainted [ 39.915271] ----------------------------- [ 39.915731] repro/837 is trying to lock: [ 39.916191] ffff88801acfabd8 (&event->waitq){....}-{3:3}, at: __wake_up+0x26/0x60 [ 39.917182] other info that might help us debug this: [ 39.917761] context-{5:5} [ 39.918079] 4 locks held by repro/837: [ 39.918530] #0: ffffffff8725cd00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __perf_event_task_sched_in+0xd1/0xbc0 [ 39.919612] #1: ffff88806ca3c6f8 (&cpuctx_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: __perf_event_task_sched_in+0x1a7/0xbc0 [ 39.920748] #2: ffff88800d91fc18 (&ctx->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: __perf_event_task_sched_in+0x1f9/0xbc0 [ 39.921819] #3: ffffffff8725cd00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: perf_event_wakeup+0x6c/0x470
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23311"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-25T11:16:27Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/core: Fix invalid wait context in ctx_sched_in()\n\nLockdep found a bug in the event scheduling when a pinned event was\nfailed and wakes up the threads in the ring buffer like below.\n\nIt seems it should not grab a wait-queue lock under perf-context lock.\nLet\u0027s do it with irq_work.\n\n [ 39.913691] =============================\n [ 39.914157] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]\n [ 39.914623] 6.15.0-next-20250530-next-2025053 #1 Not tainted\n [ 39.915271] -----------------------------\n [ 39.915731] repro/837 is trying to lock:\n [ 39.916191] ffff88801acfabd8 (\u0026event-\u003ewaitq){....}-{3:3}, at: __wake_up+0x26/0x60\n [ 39.917182] other info that might help us debug this:\n [ 39.917761] context-{5:5}\n [ 39.918079] 4 locks held by repro/837:\n [ 39.918530] #0: ffffffff8725cd00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __perf_event_task_sched_in+0xd1/0xbc0\n [ 39.919612] #1: ffff88806ca3c6f8 (\u0026cpuctx_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: __perf_event_task_sched_in+0x1a7/0xbc0\n [ 39.920748] #2: ffff88800d91fc18 (\u0026ctx-\u003elock){....}-{2:2}, at: __perf_event_task_sched_in+0x1f9/0xbc0\n [ 39.921819] #3: ffffffff8725cd00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: perf_event_wakeup+0x6c/0x470",
"id": "GHSA-h7wr-qv5c-937x",
"modified": "2026-03-25T12:30:22Z",
"published": "2026-03-25T12:30:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23311"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486ff5ad49bc50315bcaf6d45f04a33ef0a45ced"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/825f218ca70ef394c2b8546b313711d867b24584"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c67ab059953e3b66cb17ddd6524c23f9e1f6526d"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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