Bug 2468209 (CVE-2026-43409)

Summary:	CVE-2026-43409 kernel: kprobes: avoid crash when rmmod/insmod after ftrace killed
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's kprobes subsystem. When the ftrace tracing utility is disabled due to errors, a local user can cause a system crash by removing a kernel module that uses kprobe probes. This vulnerability arises from kprobes not correctly handling the ftrace disabled state, leading to a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:04:53 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kprobes: avoid crash when rmmod/insmod after ftrace killed

After we hit ftrace is killed by some errors, the kernel crash if
we remove modules in which kprobe probes.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff805000d
PGD 817fcc067 P4D 817fcc067 PUD 817fc8067 PMD 101555067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2012 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G        W  OE
Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
RIP: 0010:kprobes_module_callback+0x89/0x790
RSP: 0018:ffff88812e157d30 EFLAGS: 00010a02
RAX: 1ffffffff805000d RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffffffff86a8de90
RDX: ffffed1025c2af9b RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffffc0280068
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1025c2af9a
R10: ffff88812e157cd7 R11: 205d323130325420 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffffffffc0290488 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffffffffc0280040
FS:  00007fbc450dd740(0000) GS:ffff888420331000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffbfff805000d CR3: 000000010f624000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 notifier_call_chain+0xc6/0x280
 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x60/0x90
 __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x32a/0x4e0
 do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xfa0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

This is because the kprobe on ftrace does not correctly handles
the kprobe_ftrace_disabled flag set by ftrace_kill().

To prevent this error, check kprobe_ftrace_disabled in
__disarm_kprobe_ftrace() and skip all ftrace related operations.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-05-08 22:36:48 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050843-CVE-2026-43409-509d@gregkh/T