CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-90272

Unknown
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the BRBE driver (arm_pmuv3) does not initialize the hw_id field in the perf branch stack structure, even though it is passed to userspace. According to documentation, this field should be 0 for architectures storing raw branch records in age order.

Risk Assessment

An uninitialized hw_id field may leak kernel data to userspace or produce unpredictable values in perf profiling tools. The risk mainly affects ARM systems with BRBE support.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that zero-initializes the entire branch stack structure. If updating is not possible, restrict perf profiling access on ARM systems.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: arm_pmuv3: Zero initialize hw_id branch stack field PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX is supported by BRBE so hw_id is passed to userspace, but it's never set by the BRBE driver. Zero initialize it as it should be according to the docs: * For the architectures whose raw branch records are * already stored in age order, the hw_idx should be 0. It's probably too risky to remove PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX from BRBE now in case anyone is setting it and reading the value, but zero initializing the whole struct also protects against the same issue with new fields that are added in the future.

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