{"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-99247.json"},"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"6621a7004684bfcff5af4c8e4d37989941f42a6b"},{"fixed":"e8665e884e076d894f3eed8b9ea28e37a6448604"},{"fixed":"e8cfcd7e60eaa3b0dea4d71c64499604e7081736"},{"fixed":"afd38b10b1c6a5c5d6952b15b990596dab9684e6"},{"fixed":"813e18881c6472eb229a63180ff42c808e3e949b"},{"fixed":"7539c61f522ff693d9565a0411386c2236e776cd"},{"fixed":"b3b974008388ab59e44d764ba7a63c988fec2524"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","type":"GIT"}]},{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-99247.json"},"package":{"ecosystem":"Linux","name":"Kernel"},"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.191"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"},{"events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.161"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"},{"events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.115"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"},{"events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.59"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"},{"events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.13"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99247.json"},"details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Do not initialize tracefs work if tracing is disabled\n\nIf trace buffer allocation fails during early boot (e.g.  in\nearly_trace_init() -> allocate_trace_buffers()), tracing_disabled is\nleft set to 1 and the global trace array events list remains\nuninitialized.\n\nLater during boot, tracer_init_tracefs() (invoked via fs_initcall)\nqueues tracerfs_init_work asynchronously without checking if tracing was\ndisabled.  When tracer_init_tracefs_work_func() runs, it calls\nevent_trace_init() and init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, NULL)\nunconditionally.  This leads to __find_event_file() dereferencing an\nuninitialized tr->events list, causing an early boot NULL pointer\ndereference Oops:\n\n  BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000010\n  Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000485be0\n  Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 7 [#1]\n  ...\n  NIP [c000000000485be0] __find_event_file+0x70/0x3c0\n  LR  [c000000000448874] init_tracer_tracefs+0x274/0xc80\n  Call Trace:\n   init_tracer_tracefs+0x274/0xc80\n   tracer_init_tracefs_work_func+0x50/0x320\n   process_one_work+0x1e8/0x5c0\n   worker_thread+0x1dc/0x3d0\n   kthread+0x194/0x1b0\n   start_kernel_thread+0x14/0x18\n\nCheck tracing_disabled at the beginning of tracer_init_tracefs_work_func()\nand return immediately if tracing is disabled or failed to initialize,\npreventing the crash.","id":"CVE-2026-99247","modified":"2026-11-05T03:31:30.290900344Z","published":"2026-11-03T11:18:26.163Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7539c61f522ff693d9565a0411386c2236e776cd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813e18881c6472eb229a63180ff42c808e3e949b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd38b10b1c6a5c5d6952b15b990596dab9684e6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b974008388ab59e44d764ba7a63c988fec2524"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8665e884e076d894f3eed8b9ea28e37a6448604"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8cfcd7e60eaa3b0dea4d71c64499604e7081736"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99247.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99247"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","summary":"tracing: Do not initialize tracefs work if tracing is disabled"}