tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file The options files do not take the trace_array reference for the options they represent. This could cause a use-after-free kernel crash if one of these files is opened by one task and another task removes the instance that the option is for. Because it doesn't take a reference upon opening, it will not stop the removal which will free the options descriptor that is being used. As the options are somewhat dynamic in their creation at boot up, each file represents a flag in the trace_array. The trace_array has an array of indexes to represent each of these flags that is stored in the trace_flags_index array. The address of the index array element is used to pass to the inode->i_private pointer. Then that element is read which holds the index (which represents the flag) and then the index is used to calculate the trace_array descriptor from its trace_flags_index array. One issue is that the index element can not be referenced until the trace_array's reference is taken. To handle this, create a new helper function called: trace_array_options_get() that will iterate all the existing trace_arrays in the ftrace_trace_arrays list (under the trace_types_lock), and compare the passed in address of the index element with the entire array of the trace_array's trace_flags_index array. If it matches, then up the corresponding trace_array's reference and return.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.52, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90013
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gwf9-fcmv-qx77
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@97ceaffbd672449ad7ead5ae8788dce16374b0c1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@8cc9c5a8c559d655c32d2190486e89574c14ff52 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@a6e15eadfdb6de30c24ef21b31f39a86359f4ab5 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e15eadfdb6de30c24ef21b31f39a86359f4ab5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc9c5a8c559d655c32d2190486e89574c14ff52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97ceaffbd672449ad7ead5ae8788dce16374b0c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f37d77b9b4b241e0b30ef2562f6353cbda3bec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a41f4a9a968f54f3792399aa4d2a9fdb23b0a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2951ebd15c36a1ea4820a7f0cbb0b5f1c028b73
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90013 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90013 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gwf9-fcmv-qx77 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90013 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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