coresight: tmc-etr: Fix race condition between sysfs and perf mode
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-46272 |
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Linux |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-06-03 18:16:29 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-06-03 18:16:29 UTC |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
coresight: tmc-etr: Fix race condition between sysfs and perf mode
When trying to run perf and sysfs mode simultaneously, the WARN_ON()
in tmc_etr_enable_hw() is triggered sometimes:
WARNING: CPU: 42 PID: 3911571 at drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c:1060 tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc]
[..snip..]
Call trace:
tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc] (P)
tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc] (L)
tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc]
coresight_enable_path+0x1c8/0x218 [coresight]
coresight_enable_sysfs+0xa4/0x228 [coresight]
enable_source_store+0x58/0xa8 [coresight]
dev_attr_store+0x20/0x40
sysfs_kf_write+0x4c/0x68
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1b8
vfs_write+0x2c8/0x388
ksys_write+0x74/0x108
__arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x64/0x148
do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
el0_svc+0x3c/0x130
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc8/0xd0
el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Since the enablement of sysfs mode is separeted into two critical regions,
one for sysfs buffer allocation and another for hardware enablement, it's
possible to race with the perf mode. Fix this by double check whether
the perf mode's been used before enabling the hardware in sysfs mode.
mode:
[sysfs mode] [perf mode]
tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer()
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
[sysfs buffer allocation]
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
tmc_etr_enable_hw()
drvdata->etr_buf = etr_perf->etr_buf
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
tmc_etr_enable_hw()
WARN_ON(drvdata->etr_buf) // WARN sicne etr_buf initialized at
the perf side
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
With this fix, we retain the check for CS_MODE_PERF in get_etr_sysfs_buf.
This ensures we verify whether the perf mode's already running before we
actually allocate the buffer. Then we can save the time of
allocating/freeing the sysfs buffer if race with the perf mode. |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 296b01fd106e787d4463974a7f42d286a5df08cd 38a07194bbcddb18d77dad40ba9978d994c0b74c git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 296b01fd106e787d4463974a7f42d286a5df08cd 6906aa70d4fc5900b954136e20e27c2be6d1acab git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 296b01fd106e787d4463974a7f42d286a5df08cd e6e43e82c79c97917cbe356c07e8a6f3f982ab53 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 6.5 |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.5 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.18.14 6.18.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.19.4 6.19.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.0 * original_commit_for_fix |
Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e43e82c79c97917cbe356c07e8a6f3f982ab53 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/6906aa70d4fc5900b954136e20e27c2be6d1acab |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a07194bbcddb18d77dad40ba9978d994c0b74c |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
|
| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
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