In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/x86/intel: Improve validation and configuration of ACR masks
Currently there are several issues on the user space ACR mask validation
and configuration.
- The validation for user space ACR mask (attr.config2) is incomplete,
e.g., the ACR mask could include the index which belongs to another
ACR events group, but it's not validated.
- An early return on an invalid ACR mask caused all subsequent ACR groups
to be skipped.
- The stale hardware ACR mask (hw.config1) is not cleared before setting
new hardware ACR mask.
The following changes address all of the above issues.
- Figure out the event index group of an ACR group. Any bits in the
user-space mask not present in the index group are now dropped.
- Instead of an early return on invalid bits, drop only the invalid
portions and continue iterating through all ACR events to ensure full
configuration.
- Explicitly clear the stale hardware ACR mask for each event prior to
writing the new configuration.
Besides, a non-leader event member of ACR group could be disabled in
theory. This could cause bit-shifting errors in the acr_mask of remaining
group members. But since ACR sampling requires all events to be active,
this should not be a big concern in real use case. Add a "FIXME" comment
to notice this risk.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
29 Jul 2026, 16:55
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad732a56be46aabf158c16aa0c095291727aaef - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab56b95bee3ff79176b13443cd9d7cfe9747df0 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05e01cef47d9b4969eae2dcf9467e2a555bcb4f - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo |
19 Jul 2026, 09:17
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-19 09:17
Updated : 2026-07-29 16:55
NVD link : CVE-2026-53370
Mitre link : CVE-2026-53370
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53370
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
