CVE-2026-23271

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-20. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source

Also known asEUVD-2026-13605 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race

Make sure that __perf_event_overflow() runs with IRQs disabled for all possible callchains. Specifically the software events can end up running it with only preemption disabled.

This opens up a race vs perf_event_exit_event() and friends that will go and free various things the overflow path expects to be present, like the BPF program.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-09). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

March 20, 2026

Last Modified

November 10, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026
Patch available.
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perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9bc1753b3cc41d0e01fbca7f035258b5f4db0ae
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perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb190628fe5f2a73ba762a9972ba16c5e895f73e
Web page

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c48fdc4b4623533d86e279f51531a7ba212eb87
Web page

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f8d5812337871227bb2c98669a87c306a2f86ef
Web page

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df1a45819e50993cb351682a6ae8e7ed2d233a0
Web page

perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f89b61dd504c5b6711de9759e053b082f9abf12

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23271(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (496 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 (16 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.170-1~deb11u1: fixed in 6.1.170-1~deb11u1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.170-1: fixed in 6.1.170-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.85-1: fixed in 6.12.85-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (122 versions)
  • every version up to 6.19.8-1: fixed in 6.19.8-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 270 rows on record for this CVE, as 99 entries (1 repeat merged).

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 170 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 16:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
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  4. 2026-11-10 16:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  5. 2026-11-10 13:27 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-10 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  7. 2026-11-10 12:45 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  8. 2026-11-10 12:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  9. 2026-11-09 21:07 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-09 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  11. 2026-11-08 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
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  16. 2026-11-03 07:39 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  17. 2026-11-03 07:39 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-11-03 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-11-02 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
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  24. 2026-10-27 17:53 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-10-27 17:53 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-27 17:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  2. 2026-10-26 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
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  4. 2026-10-25 14:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-10-24 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
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  8. 2026-10-19 19:35 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-10-19 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-19 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  11. 2026-10-19 18:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  12. 2026-10-19 18:50 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-19 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  14. 2026-10-19 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  15. 2026-10-18 03:54 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-10-17 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
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  18. 2026-10-16 15:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  19. 2026-10-16 15:23 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-16 15:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  21. 2026-10-15 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  22. 2026-10-15 02:38 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-10-15 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  24. 2026-10-15 01:40 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-10-15 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  26. 2026-10-14 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
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  29. 2026-10-12 16:21 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
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  53. 2026-09-08 09:18 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  54. 2026-09-08 09:18 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-09-08 09:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  56. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  57. 2026-09-02 17:08 UTCOSV refresh
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  72. 2026-08-16 11:03 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  73. 2026-08-16 11:03 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-16 11:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x3m9-v7vh-x62j · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-23271?
CVE-2026-23271 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on March 20, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race Make sure that __perf_event_overflow() runs with IRQs disabled for all possible callchains. Specifically the software events can end up running it with only…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-23271 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-23271 was published on March 20, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 10, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-23271 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23271 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23271?
CVE-2026-23271 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23271?
A fix for CVE-2026-23271 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-23271 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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