CVE-2026-98937: perf/core: Check kernel access when kernel callchains are requested

Published Oct 23, 2026
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Updated

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

perf/core: Check kernel access when kernel callchains are requested

perfeventopen() currently gates perfallowkernel() only on !attr.excludekernel.

However, users can still request kernel callchain collection with attr.excludecallchainkernel == 0 even when attr.excludekernel == 1. That still requires kernel profiling privilege, but the existing check does not enforce it.

Update the permission check to call perfallowkernel() when either kernel sampling is requested or kernel callchains are requested.

This keeps permission checks aligned with requested data and prevents unprivileged use of kernel callchain capture.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Oct 23, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:11 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:11 PM
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