CVE-2026-80626 json
powerpc/perf: fix preempt count underflow in fsl_emb_pmu_del
published 2mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-67502
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/perf: fix preempt count underflow in fsl_emb_pmu_del
fsl_emb_pmu_del() unconditionally calls put_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events) at the 'out:' label, but only calls the matching get_cpu_var() after the 'i < 0' early-return check. When event->hw.idx is negative the function jumps to 'out:' without having taken get_cpu_var(), and the trailing put_cpu_var() then issues an unmatched preempt_enable(), underflowing preempt_count.
On a CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernel preempt_count would underflow and eventually present as a 'scheduling while atomic' BUG.
Move put_cpu_var() to pair with get_cpu_var() so the percpu access is correctly bracketed and the 'out:' label only handles perf_pmu_enable.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.180-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80626
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80626
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0c7722308c5f303117d8bd555290fdf26b098da commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/67aeb1eb93d4ffd898a3e74a7f3fe46ee71feb28 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a515e00b00132b6fc3f1dd62dc5204bbda8cb10 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5397142d60aa29dcf636f5459d960bfc4f97c42a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b89477077c834d94381c7bf07d81193bebefcff9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/73711688479df333acc134e3730fff1acba1843e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b504fd953664c3f4d176ae8cb594adb3fda9d577 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e3a86030462824a67d697739cf3f387f4ba350 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-80626 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: powerpc/perf: fix preempt count underflow in fsl_emb_pmu_del
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c0c7722308c5f303117d8bd555290fdf26b098da
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/67aeb1eb93d4ffd898a3e74a7f3fe46ee71feb28
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9a515e00b00132b6fc3f1dd62dc5204bbda8cb10
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5397142d60aa29dcf636f5459d960bfc4f97c42a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b89477077c834d94381c7bf07d81193bebefcff9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/73711688479df333acc134e3730fff1acba1843e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b504fd953664c3f4d176ae8cb594adb3fda9d577
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/81e3a86030462824a67d697739cf3f387f4ba350
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-80626
- NVD CVE-2026-80626
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