Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72236
CVE-2026-72236
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/perf_cpum_cf: Add missing array_index_nospec() to __hw_perf_event_init()
ev variable is userspace controlled via event->attr.config and used as an array index after bounds checking, but without speculation barriers.
Add the missing array_index_nospec() call to prevent speculative execution.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/27206bb57c47bdbe33bccc78fa7f7e2a719a06b9nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/49145bce539117db4b6e9e83c0e5ef528e361050nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21f3615c88421df81060b6ff89220fd34094c4dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f79dff8c721bbb1f3fc312ea55e0551c2cc28801nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1ebae4206e6afc8caa642e9eb1bbe39a9a724fnvd
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