GHSA-H42M-CFHQ-9G8C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-17 18:31 – Updated: 2026-09-17 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify
ftrace_direct_multi_init() assigns kthread_run()'s return value to simple_tsk without an IS_ERR() check. When kthread_run() fails it returns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM), but init still returns 0, so the module loads with simple_tsk holding an error pointer. On unload, ftrace_direct_multi_exit() then passes that ERR_PTR to kthread_stop(), leading to a null-pointer-dereference.
Check the return value of kthread_run() with IS_ERR(); on failure, unregister the ftrace direct call and propagate the error code.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-90066"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-17T17:16:55Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsamples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify\n\nftrace_direct_multi_init() assigns kthread_run()\u0027s return value to\nsimple_tsk without an IS_ERR() check. When kthread_run() fails it\nreturns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM), but init still returns 0, so the module loads\nwith simple_tsk holding an error pointer. On unload,\nftrace_direct_multi_exit() then passes that ERR_PTR to kthread_stop(),\nleading to a null-pointer-dereference.\n\nCheck the return value of kthread_run() with IS_ERR(); on failure,\nunregister the ftrace direct call and propagate the error code.",
"id": "GHSA-h42m-cfhq-9g8c",
"modified": "2026-09-17T18:31:49Z",
"published": "2026-09-17T18:31:49Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90066"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/626614df9080d7052fbe24dc90b5434717ab7a9f"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6727b7618f49401acf373fa3ec5712e2ec52e5cf"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a96b9f6d5ba23dbce66c8a4a242effd4c01a830"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98b7b2a29ae87937aa02ab9391543ef8c602cd94"
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