FKIE_CVE-2026-99234

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-11-02 16:17 - Updated: 2026-11-03 20:18
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Unregister field variable histograms when the command fails An action that names a field on another event needs that field as a variable, so create_field_var_hist() registers a second hist trigger on that event to provide it, and records it in target_hist_data->field_var_hists[]. If a later part of the same command fails, create_actions() returns an error and event_hist_trigger_parse() jumps to out_free. The write fails with -EINVAL and sched_switch gets no trigger, but: # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs' >> \ events/sched/sched_waking/trigger # echo 'my_synth u64 lat; int a; int b' >> synthetic_events # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:\ onmatch(sched.sched_waking).my_synth($wakeup_lat,prio,nosuchfld)'\ >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger # cat events/sched/sched_waking/trigger hist:keys=pid:vals=hitcount:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global [active] hist:keys=pid:vals=hitcount:synthetic_prio=prio:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active] The second histogram is the one created for 'prio'. It is still active and still counting. out_free reaches destroy_field_var_hists(), which frees the field_var_hists[] entries, but never unregister_field_var_hists(), which is what removes the triggers and runs only from event_hist_trigger_free(). The entry is freed and the trigger is left with nothing tracking it. Unregister the field variable histograms in out_free as well, and record each one as soon as its trigger is registered rather than after the lookup that follows it, so no exit can leave a registered trigger untracked. The entry then belongs to field_var_hists[] and is released by destroy_field_var_hists(), so freeing it on that exit would be a double free.
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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/431959fc76456cbba539279fe8967aa9391e6f23
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5afb9317e2eeb1c7021a82995ce244fda5a4bd4f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8482ec5b65f606d5bbcec518e0afc69ad65ca414
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91c14d6c13096091c56304120aaa26e479130b8b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d7ffd2409700748a495b645948fef48199206e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aae0ccd7326eef78dcdefffef3d1253e6f0615ca
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0090baf02dd08f6e909f36f0ad54a4e80f5e79b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba0f492703956801149cc70b39d2650a37995c3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f21351d1c4cdcc6a68f03636a407c2af1a5e1e10
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Unregister field variable histograms when the command fails\n\nAn action that names a field on another event needs that field as a\nvariable, so create_field_var_hist() registers a second hist trigger on\nthat event to provide it, and records it in\ntarget_hist_data-\u003efield_var_hists[].\n\nIf a later part of the same command fails, create_actions() returns an\nerror and event_hist_trigger_parse() jumps to out_free. The write fails\nwith -EINVAL and sched_switch gets no trigger, but:\n\n  # echo \u0027hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs\u0027 \u003e\u003e \\\n      events/sched/sched_waking/trigger\n  # echo \u0027my_synth u64 lat; int a; int b\u0027 \u003e\u003e synthetic_events\n  # echo \u0027hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:\\\n      onmatch(sched.sched_waking).my_synth($wakeup_lat,prio,nosuchfld)\u0027\\\n      \u003e\u003e events/sched/sched_switch/trigger\n  # cat events/sched/sched_waking/trigger\n  hist:keys=pid:vals=hitcount:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global [active]\n  hist:keys=pid:vals=hitcount:synthetic_prio=prio:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]\n\nThe second histogram is the one created for \u0027prio\u0027. It is still active and\nstill counting.\n\nout_free reaches destroy_field_var_hists(), which frees the\nfield_var_hists[] entries, but never unregister_field_var_hists(), which is\nwhat removes the triggers and runs only from event_hist_trigger_free(). The\nentry is freed and the trigger is left with nothing tracking it.\n\nUnregister the field variable histograms in out_free as well, and record\neach one as soon as its trigger is registered rather than after the lookup\nthat follows it, so no exit can leave a registered trigger untracked. The\nentry then belongs to field_var_hists[] and is released by\ndestroy_field_var_hists(), so freeing it on that exit would be a double\nfree."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-99234",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T20:18:29.453",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:17:48.597",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
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