perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed With the change to hrtimer_try_to_cancel() in perf_swevent_cancel_hrtimer() it appears possible for the hrtimer to still be active by the time the event gets freed. Make sure the event does a full hrtimer_cancel() on the free path by installing a perf_event::destroy handler.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
890 explicit affected versions
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Ensure swevent hrtimer is properly destroyed With the change to hrtimer_try_to_cancel() in perf_swevent_cancel_hrtimer() it appears possible for the hrtimer to still be active by the time the event gets freed. Make sure the event does a full hrtimer_cancel() on the free path by installing a perf_event::destroy handler.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deee9dfb111ab00f9dfd46c0c7e36656b80f5235
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff5860f5088e9076ebcccf05a6ca709d5935cfa9
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23014.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23014