cve-2026-99247
osv_linuxIn 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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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7539c61f522ff693d9565a0411386c2236e776cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813e18881c6472eb229a63180ff42c808e3e949b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd38b10b1c6a5c5d6952b15b990596dab9684e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b974008388ab59e44d764ba7a63c988fec2524
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8665e884e076d894f3eed8b9ea28e37a6448604
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8cfcd7e60eaa3b0dea4d71c64499604e7081736
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99247.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99247
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
No linked vulnerabilities found.
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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.",
"id": "CVE-2026-99247",
"modified": "2026-11-05T03:31:30.290900344Z",
"published": "2026-11-03T11:18:26.163Z",
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