FKIE_CVE-2026-97920

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-25 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-25 11:17
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Keep the entry count when the histogram stats allocation fails print_entries() uses n_entries both as the number of sort entries and as its own return value, so the -ENOMEM it stores when the stats allocation fails overwrites the count that the cleanup still needs: n_entries = tracing_map_sort_entries(map, ...); if (n_entries < 0) return n_entries; ... if (!stats) { n_entries = -ENOMEM; goto out; } ... out: tracing_map_destroy_sort_entries(sort_entries, n_entries); tracing_map_destroy_sort_entries() takes an unsigned int and loops up to it, so -ENOMEM arrives as 4294967284. It walks an array of at most map->max_elts pointers and calls destroy_sort_entry(), which dereferences and frees, on whatever lies past the end. Reading the hist file of a trigger with a .percent value, with that allocation forced to fail: BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tracing_map_destroy_sort_entries+0xa0/0xb0 Read of size 8 at addr ffffc90000045000 by task init/1 tracing_map_destroy_sort_entries+0xa0/0xb0 hist_show+0x6f7/0x1df0 seq_read_iter+0x2b8/0x1190 vfs_read+0x176/0xa40 The buggy address belongs to a 4-page vmalloc region starting at ffffc90000041000 allocated at tracing_map_sort_entries+0x5c/0xd50 A few pages further the fault is fatal. The registers at the oops confirm the bound: the loop's end pointer less the array start, over the pointer size, is 4294967284. Return the error in a separate variable and leave n_entries holding the count, the way tracing_map_sort_entries() does on its own error path. The stats block is only entered for a value carrying .percent or .graph, which __create_val_field() has rejected since v6.3, so this cannot be reached in mainline as it stands. It becomes reachable again with "tracing: hist: let values keep the percent and graph modifiers", so it should be applied first.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06f5634ec5584954177f9a22e36b3bfb398a971b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e87ce55f877efff1b08fe509e8bf91378cbbc9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bd8321f5370295d1ae96dd17d43be3c9edd441b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80b2a8067d58ff7d268ceef781c68b37a16c321
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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
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              "lessThan": "9bd8321f5370295d1ae96dd17d43be3c9edd441b",
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            },
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            {
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            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.2.7",
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            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
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    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Keep the entry count when the histogram stats allocation fails\n\nprint_entries() uses n_entries both as the number of sort entries and as\nits own return value, so the -ENOMEM it stores when the stats allocation\nfails overwrites the count that the cleanup still needs:\n\n\tn_entries = tracing_map_sort_entries(map, ...);\n\tif (n_entries \u003c 0)\n\t\treturn n_entries;\n\t...\n\t\t\tif (!stats) {\n\t\t\t\tn_entries = -ENOMEM;\n\t\t\t\tgoto out;\n\t\t\t}\n\t...\n out:\n\ttracing_map_destroy_sort_entries(sort_entries, n_entries);\n\ntracing_map_destroy_sort_entries() takes an unsigned int and loops up to\nit, so -ENOMEM arrives as 4294967284. It walks an array of at most\nmap-\u003emax_elts pointers and calls destroy_sort_entry(), which dereferences\nand frees, on whatever lies past the end.\n\nReading the hist file of a trigger with a .percent value, with that\nallocation forced to fail:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tracing_map_destroy_sort_entries+0xa0/0xb0\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffffc90000045000 by task init/1\n   tracing_map_destroy_sort_entries+0xa0/0xb0\n   hist_show+0x6f7/0x1df0\n   seq_read_iter+0x2b8/0x1190\n   vfs_read+0x176/0xa40\n  The buggy address belongs to a 4-page vmalloc region starting at\n  ffffc90000041000 allocated at tracing_map_sort_entries+0x5c/0xd50\n\nA few pages further the fault is fatal. The registers at the oops confirm\nthe bound: the loop\u0027s end pointer less the array start, over the pointer\nsize, is 4294967284.\n\nReturn the error in a separate variable and leave n_entries holding the\ncount, the way tracing_map_sort_entries() does on its own error path.\n\nThe stats block is only entered for a value carrying .percent or .graph,\nwhich __create_val_field() has rejected since v6.3, so this cannot be\nreached in mainline as it stands. It becomes reachable again with\n\"tracing: hist: let values keep the percent and graph modifiers\", so it\nshould be applied first."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-97920",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-25T11:17:19.037",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:19.037",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06f5634ec5584954177f9a22e36b3bfb398a971b"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bd8321f5370295d1ae96dd17d43be3c9edd441b"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80b2a8067d58ff7d268ceef781c68b37a16c321"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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