Medium 5.5Published May 8, 2026

CVE-2026-43416powerpc, perf: Check that current->mm is alive before getting user callchain

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:23 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc, perf: Check that current->mm is alive before getting user callchain It may happen that mm is already released, which leads to kernel panic. This adds the NULL check for current->mm, similarly to commit 20afc60f892d ("x86, perf: Check that current->mm is alive before getting user callchain"). I was getting this panic when running a profiling BPF program (profile.py from bcc-tools): [26215.051935] Kernel attempted to read user page (588) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) [26215.051950] BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000588 [26215.051952] Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000020fac0 [26215.051957] Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] [...] [26215.052049] Call Trace: [26215.052050] [c000000061da6d30] [c00000000020fc10] perf_callchain_user_64+0x2d0/0x490 (unreliable) [26215.052054] [c000000061da6dc0] [c00000000020f92c] perf_callchain_user+0x1c/0x30 [26215.052057] [c000000061da6de0] [c0000000005ab2a0] get_perf_callchain+0x100/0x360 [26215.052063] [c000000061da6e70] [c000000000573bc8] bpf_get_stackid+0x88/0xf0 [26215.052067] [c000000061da6ea0] [c008000000042258] bpf_prog_16d4ab9ab662f669_do_perf_event+0xf8/0x274 [...] In addition, move storing the top-level stack entry to generic perf_callchain_user to make sure the top-evel entry is always captured, even if current->mm is NULL. [Maddy: fixed message to avoid checkpatch format style error]

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 20002ded4d937ca87aca6253b874920a96a763c4 before 98074e16742ae87fb82e234b419783c5ffc9baea; 20002ded4d937ca87aca6253b874920a96a763c4 builds before 7e5f60b8cfc02a2b23a40a5f5fd2fa81d010e737; from 20002ded4d937ca87aca6253b874920a96a763c4 before e9bbfb4bfa86c6b5515b868d6982ac60505d7e39	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 2.6.32 before 6.18.19; from 6.19 before 6.19.9; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98074e16742ae87fb82e234b419783c5ffc9baea	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5f60b8cfc02a2b23a40a5f5fd2fa81d010e737	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bbfb4bfa86c6b5515b868d6982ac60505d7e39	patch

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