tracing: Take the reference before publishing the named histogram trigger
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Take the reference before publishing the named histogram trigger event_hist_trigger_named_init() puts the trigger on the global named_triggers list and only then takes the reference on the trigger it shares its histogram with: data->ref++; save_named_trigger(data->named_data->name, data); ret = event_hist_trigger_init(data->named_data); if (ret < 0) { kfree(data->cmd_ops); data->cmd_ops = &trigger_hist_cmd; } return ret; event_hist_trigger_init() fails when alloc_hist_pad() cannot allocate, and nothing takes the trigger back off the list on the way out. event_hist_trigger_parse() frees it, and the next lookup by name reads the freed object: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in find_named_trigger+0xac/0xc0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888009346860 by task init/1 find_named_trigger+0xac/0xc0 hist_register_trigger+0xc1/0xa00 event_hist_trigger_parse+0x3146/0x6af0 event_trigger_write+0xce/0x160 Freed by task 67: kfree+0x154/0x420 trigger_kthread_fn+0xfd/0x160 Do the reference first and publish once it has succeeded, so that nothing which can fail runs after the trigger becomes findable.
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 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.16
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 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: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97919
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vf7-pxhp-xpjv
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b6fb2f5370a9a6aec325ab2db1ca3d1a881499b8 · 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@e5c5dad169fb569161d3eed6c3f6a59e65db1830 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5c5dad169fb569161d3eed6c3f6a59e65db1830
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6fb2f5370a9a6aec325ab2db1ca3d1a881499b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffaade3611bd9501bc0b9d5d19fc75bfee7a16b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91c15cdda6033e2439f5975b938754152f3d6e38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fe23b8eaba0d3372c66b7b31204408da0715edc
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97919 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97919 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vf7-pxhp-xpjv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97919 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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