Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64556

Vulnerability identifier: #VU140102

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64556

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to corrupt kernel memory.

The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in perf_event_remove_on_exec() and event group handling in the perf subsystem when removing events marked remove_on_exec. A local user can trigger event removal for a group leader with surviving siblings to corrupt kernel memory.

The issue occurs when a removed event is a group leader and sibling events without remove_on_exec remain active in a stale group state.

Linux kernel
openEuler
Ubuntu
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-extra-modules
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-source
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/037a3c43edfb597665dd34457cd22b14692f2ba3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ccef0434e98058ddae7bcebc901f93d22b7653
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39358e856fb89e62e3c8d7389a2dc4ec33dbe90e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdb1b3ab96eb1b7eb70bc5c82fede334bd60df2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d5d3ee7b6e3953114726b1521e62123ab5b043

• Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel events
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0