AZL-110729

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Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-110729.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-110729
Upstream
Published
2026-10-23T13:17:14Z
Modified
2026-10-25T05:30:37Z
Summary
CVE-2026-98937 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf/core: Check kernel access when kernel callchains are requested

perf_event_open() currently gates perf_allow_kernel() only on !attr.exclude_kernel.

However, users can still request kernel callchain collection with attr.exclude_callchain_kernel == 0 even when attr.exclude_kernel == 1. That still requires kernel profiling privilege, but the existing check does not enforce it.

Update the permission check to call perf_allow_kernel() when either kernel sampling is requested or kernel callchains are requested.

This keeps permission checks aligned with requested data and prevents unprivileged use of kernel callchain capture.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
6.6.157.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-110729.json"