# perf/core: Allow list_del during perf_event_overflow()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97961`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97961`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b to before fa360a018369f3eb4fe4f4792238adfc1f6fd5dc` (git)
  - affected: `bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b to before 723e85fb2c3bcd237ac02cbd69502ed62ce0068c` (git)
  - affected: `bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b to before 6d0b9ce3be221c9077653f3670d60d66bb725ee2` (git)
  - affected: `bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b to before e2770c76a02452fddb52e9e05c7ed6acfef06c32` (git)
  - affected: `bd27568117664b8b3e259721393df420ed51f57b to before 59e63416f5153e7d58652c616fbdcb7d5e01fff7` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.2`
  - unaffected: `before 6.2` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97961](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97961)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97961](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97961)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa360a018369f3eb4fe4f4792238adfc1f6fd5dc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/723e85fb2c3bcd237ac02cbd69502ed62ce0068c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d0b9ce3be221c9077653f3670d60d66bb725ee2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2770c76a02452fddb52e9e05c7ed6acfef06c32>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e63416f5153e7d58652c616fbdcb7d5e01fff7>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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