cve-2026-99247

osv_linux
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Do not initialize tracefs work if tracing is disabled If trace buffer allocation fails during early boot (e.g. in early_trace_init() -> allocate_trace_buffers()), tracing_disabled is left set to 1 and the global trace array events list remains uninitialized. Later during boot, tracer_init_tracefs() (invoked via fs_initcall) queues tracerfs_init_work asynchronously without checking if tracing was disabled. When tracer_init_tracefs_work_func() runs, it calls event_trace_init() and init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, NULL) unconditionally. This leads to __find_event_file() dereferencing an uninitialized tr->events list, causing an early boot NULL pointer dereference Oops: BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000010 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000485be0 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 7 [#1] ... NIP [c000000000485be0] __find_event_file+0x70/0x3c0 LR [c000000000448874] init_tracer_tracefs+0x274/0xc80 Call Trace: init_tracer_tracefs+0x274/0xc80 tracer_init_tracefs_work_func+0x50/0x320 process_one_work+0x1e8/0x5c0 worker_thread+0x1dc/0x3d0 kthread+0x194/0x1b0 start_kernel_thread+0x14/0x18 Check tracing_disabled at the beginning of tracer_init_tracefs_work_func() and return immediately if tracing is disabled or failed to initialize, preventing the crash.

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  "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.",
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  "modified": "2026-11-05T03:31:30.290900344Z",
  "published": "2026-11-03T11:18:26.163Z",
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