perf sched: Fix register_pid() overflow, strcpy, and BUG_ON
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.32 and later | 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.32 and later Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80671
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98vx-8r93-84hf
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/344e59fc4f2cba6dc04ce5e2a77388645d4ca834
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22263d241bad753217d545f8085b7ead52e2873b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2003918e13f43cf6c5698be3cc9aa3657dd676a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29639f00bfa49da7904ba0a499e0da7a0e5d735e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261d2b5f4afa0570ca906e553c93811c5abe4590
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/652cea73b7b7b7c622a2be670e44e3c499c6d49f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea1dcc9418c4e06ce29ed5170596f497ba86872
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5949d339f5ec98752d56dcd4e36f619a59d513a5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80671 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80671 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-98vx-8r93-84hf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80671 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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