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GHSA-8P9W-3QJG-CV4W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-19 18:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Avoid NULL return from hist_field_name() on truncation

hist_field_name() returns "" everywhere except the fully-qualified VAR_REF/EXPR case, where snprintf() truncation returns NULL early and bypasses the bottom NULL->"" guard. Callers don't expect NULL: strcat(expr, hist_field_name(field, 0)) at trace_events_hist.c:1758 and the strcmp() in the sort-key match loop at :4804 both deref it.

system and event_name are bounded by MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, but the field name on a VAR_REF is kstrdup'd from a histogram variable name parsed out of the trigger string and has no length cap, so a long enough var name in a fully qualified reference can reach the truncation path.

Keep the length check but leave field_name as "" on overflow.

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CVE-2026-64028 (GCVE-0-2026-64028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 15:39 – Updated: 2026-07-19 15:39

Title

tracing: Avoid NULL return from hist_field_name() on truncation

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Avoid NULL return from hist_field_name() on truncation hist_field_name() returns "" everywhere except the fully-qualified VAR_REF/EXPR case, where snprintf() truncation returns NULL early and bypasses the bottom NULL->"" guard. Callers don't expect NULL: strcat(expr, hist_field_name(field, 0)) at trace_events_hist.c:1758 and the strcmp() in the sort-key match loop at :4804 both deref it. system and event_name are bounded by MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, but the field name on a VAR_REF is kstrdup'd from a histogram variable name parsed out of the trigger string and has no length cap, so a long enough var name in a fully qualified reference can reach the truncation path. Keep the length check but leave field_name as "" on overflow.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f5d42cdc2f16771…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37377b39ff86dacbc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0402a1d3ddec56513…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e91687643c440ca39…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4e99038c1603fa6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6c8b3ebdcdb12b59…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915c1254fe0788abd…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576ec047d20b368b4…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 2e8578364061c4e88ae33bc20c2d6f64f365f6a2 , < e3f5d42cdc2f167719564693675f1eead81378ea (git) Affected: dfd1cd57ee6067301841b7b0967c70f910a51150 , < 37377b39ff86dacbc533275c1155210d4fd5dc91 (git) Affected: e5c223f46c2e0691461dd97510c15e1f77148872 , < 0402a1d3ddec565132867337ed44514a09d84728 (git) Affected: 9399a92989354e34086f9a5c379493217df83c5e , < e91687643c440ca3997d67646e6f80b92edc6703 (git) Affected: 3cb6cb9c5a547a1979ad74f38eefe8e3687d96e0 , < be4e99038c1603fa6b329d8ee3e364825e17c353 (git) Affected: 0402c60abe769098d77f3b3bd1e29a97922b614b , < d6c8b3ebdcdb12b59ad4212acb137cc56cae453d (git) Affected: 6929e650db8451a9975ac0a631ba2d6e5d1e80ba , < 915c1254fe0788abddc31095b360e9dc98907a34 (git) Affected: 5ec1d1e97de134beed3a5b08235a60fc1c51af96 , < 576ec047d20b368b43c4d5db98c4f2e0f3c101ec (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.6.141 , < 6.6.142 (semver) Affected: 6.12.91 , < 6.12.92 (semver) Affected: 6.18.33 , < 6.18.34 (semver) Affected: 7.0.10 , < 7.0.11 (semver)

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GHSA-8P9W-3QJG-CV4W

CVE-2026-64028 (GCVE-0-2026-64028)

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