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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-49607" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-02-26T02:23:31.823Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-23T15:22:30.837Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49607" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49607.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49607" title: "perf/core: Fix data race between perf_event_set_output() and perf_mmap_close()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/core: Fix data race between perf_event_set_output() and perf_mmap_close()\n\nYang Jihing reported a race between perf_event_set_output() and\nperf_mmap_close():\n\n\tCPU1\t\t\t\t\tCPU2\n\n\tperf_mmap_close(e2)\n\t if (atomic_dec_and_test(&e2-\u003erb-\u003emmap_count)) // 1 - \u003e 0\n\t detach_rest = true\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tioctl(e1, IOC_SET_OUTPUT, e2)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t perf_event_set_output(e1, e2)\n\n\t ...\n\t list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &e2-\u003erb-\u003eevent_list, rb_entry)\n\t ring_buffer_attach(e, NULL);\n\t // e1 isn't yet added and\n\t // therefore not detached\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t ring_buffer_attach(e1, e2-\u003erb)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t list_add_rcu(&e1-\u003erb_entry,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t &e2-\u003erb-\u003eevent_list)\n\nAfter this; e1 is attached to an unmapped rb and a subsequent\nperf_mmap() will loop forever more:\n\n\tagain:\n\t\tmutex_lock(&e-\u003emmap_mutex);\n\t\tif (event-\u003erb) {\n\t\t\t...\n\t\t\tif (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&e-\u003erb-\u003emmap_count)) {\n\t\t\t\t...\n\t\t\t\tmutex_unlock(&e-\u003emmap_mutex);\n\t\t\t\tgoto again;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\nThe loop in perf_mmap_close() holds e2-\u003emmap_mutex, while the attach\nin perf_event_set_output() holds e1-\u003emmap_mutex. As such there is no\nserialization to avoid this race.\n\nChange perf_event_set_output() to take both e1-\u003emmap_mutex and\ne2-\u003emmap_mutex to alleviate that problem. Additionally, have the loop\nin perf_mmap() detach the rb directly, this avoids having to wait for\nthe concurrent perf_mmap_close() to get around to doing it to make\nprogress." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3bbd868099287ff9027db59029b502fcfa2202a0"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f836f9ac95df15f1e0af4beb0ec20021e8c91998"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"17f5417194136517ee9bbd6511249e5310e5617c"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"98c3c8fd0d4c560e0f8335b79c407bbf7fc9462c"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"43128b3eee337824158f34da6648163d2f2fb937"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"da3c256e2d0ebc87c7db0c605c9692b6f1722074"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a9391ff7a7c5f113d6f2bf6621d49110950de49c"},{"version":"9bb5d40cd93c9dd4be74834b1dcb1ba03629716b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"68e3c69803dada336893640110cb87221bb01dcf"},{"version":"2487f0db30527032c4d56fc2d0b1a240fe89fef8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"703197b61d05f5edae54bad3256901c5a5c8794c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c52217e88ae0f3a4ae00562d86e338f8f85969b4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3.2.49","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.3"},{"version":"3.4.52","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.5"},{"version":"3.9.8","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.10"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.10"},{"version":"4.9.325","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.9.*"},{"version":"4.14.290","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.14.*"},{"version":"4.19.254","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.208","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.134","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.58","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"5.18.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.18.*"},{"version":"5.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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