CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53114

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel perf/amd/ibs driver, perf_allow_kernel() is called from NMI context, which is unsafe and can cause a crash. Permissions should be cached at initialization.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of system crashes when using IBS sampling in NMI mode, potentially disrupting performance monitoring.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that stores permissions in event->hw.flags during initialization and uses them in the NMI handler.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/amd/ibs: Avoid calling perf_allow_kernel() from the IBS NMI handler Calling perf_allow_kernel() from the NMI context is unsafe and could be fatal. Capture the permission at event-initialization time by storing it in event->hw.flags, and have the NMI handler rely on that cached flag instead of making the call directly.

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