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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98655",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.362Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:44:05.722Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:23:23.605Z"
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                "shortName": "Linux",
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            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf: Require kernel access for text poke events\n\nPerf events with exclude_kernel=1 can be opened without kernel perf\naccess. However, exclude_kernel does not suppress text-poke sideband\nrecords. Every PERF_RECORD_TEXT_POKE is marked PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL\nand contains a raw kernel instruction address.\n\nAn unprivileged task can therefore open and mmap a task-local software\nevent with text_poke=1. Both opening a count-only tracepoint event and\nconfiguring UDP GRO for ESP-in-UDP cause updates to inline static calls;\nthe observer receives the relocated addresses of the modified instructions.\nFor a known kernel image, any such address reveals the runtime kernel\ntext base despite KASLR.\n\nCall perf_allow_kernel() whenever attr.text_poke is set, regardless of\nexclude_kernel. Events that neither monitor kernel execution nor request\ntext-poke records retain their existing permissions."
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            ],
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                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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                            "status": "affected",
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                            "status": "affected",
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                            "version": "5.9",
                            "status": "affected"
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                        {
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                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
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                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.56",
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                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
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                        {
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                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.3",
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                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
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                                },
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                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8473f44db9f710ea6f8cafb22f2e3ba6cb8ca9a7"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e506333d1b9f42f1e402acebf1283af3c44a3809"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677d0b51ac1a0db55d768c4c6399210b3de0795b"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/357e8a77a501d96c9517f01f4a211eed5e9c9184"
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