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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98937"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-23T12:11:53.327Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-23T12:11:53.327Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
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-2026-98937"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98937.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98937"
title: "perf/core: Check kernel access when kernel callchains are requested"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/core: Check kernel access when kernel callchains are requested\n\nperf_event_open() currently gates perf_allow_kernel() only on\n!attr.exclude_kernel.\n\nHowever, users can still request kernel callchain collection with\nattr.exclude_callchain_kernel == 0 even when attr.exclude_kernel == 1.\nThat still requires kernel profiling privilege, but the existing check\ndoes not enforce it.\n\nUpdate the permission check to call perf_allow_kernel() when either\nkernel sampling is requested or kernel callchains are requested.\n\nThis keeps permission checks aligned with requested data and prevents\nunprivileged use of kernel callchain capture."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"132bee76097be421ab3012130b5b506324cf2be1"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2581b43e162cfc43e6f5d8dd8d2b38f3441550de"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6e187281f978a2bff98ead6aa40f8ddc9a2c9afb"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a4573a3838ae4fc73b70019cfa1dac9aaea7cc2f"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.113"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.18.56"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.2.10"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.12.113","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.56","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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