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TI-2026-64332 Aliases CVE-2026-97933GHSA-47xm-6cxx-cm4j

tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

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 trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file When a tracer option file is opened, it is passed a descriptor that points to an element on the trace_array's topts array. This element has information to find the trace array and other information. It uses this element to take a reference of the trace_array so that the trace_array does not get removed while this file is opened. Unfortunately, there's a race condition where the element itself could be freed by the removal of the instance the trace_array represents causing a use-after-free as this element that is used to find the trace_array to increment its reference counter is also freed when the instance is removed. To solve this, add a trace_array_tracer_options_get() helper function that will take the address of the element that is passed to the open function by the inode->i_private pointer and search all the trace_arrays under a lock to find the one that the element's address is in the range of the trace_arrays topts array elements. When a match happens, that trace_array's reference would be increased. Note, there's a race where if an admin was deleting and creating trace instances at the same time and the memory of the old trace_array's array matched the memory of the new trace_array that it could in theory open the option from the wrong trace array. But we do not care because it would be stupid to perform that kind of action. As long as the only thing that can happen is that the option from the wrong trace array is used and doesn't crash the kernel it will only make the user confused. But if they are doing something stupid like this, they are already confused, so no harm done.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00206 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.5, 5.11, 5.16 +7Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.4.257 to before 5.5; 5.10.197 to before 5.11; 5.15.133 to before 5.16; 6.1.55 to before 6.2; 6.5.5 to before 6.65.5, 5.11, 5.16, 6.2, 6.6Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.6 and later6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.57, 7.2.7, 7.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.4.257 to before 5.5; 5.10.197 to before 5.11; 5.15.133 to before 5.16; 6.1.55 to before 6.2; 6.5.5 to before 6.6 Fixed in 5.5, 5.11, 5.16, 6.2, 6.6 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.6 and later Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.57, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.5, 5.11, 5.16, 6.2, 6.6
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.57, 7.2.7, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 6 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
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97933
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-47xm-6cxx-cm4j
  3. 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b2890064a12efbeb3b3c093e69e9010dd244c881 · CNA
  4. 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
  5. 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@d9232a90c6f7de822177d35d73d9234cba523ef9 · CNA
  6. 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
  7. 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  8. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@61894ea0d2a1ae8ce903abf73bd56958c035f182 · CNA
  9. 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
  10. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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