Bug 2513454 (CVE-2026-68177) - CVE-2026-68177 kernel: tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" trigger
Summary: CVE-2026-68177 kernel: tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" tri...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68177
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:38 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-11 11:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:38:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" trigger

Triggers are now delayed from freeing, but can still be triggered until
after the RCU grace period has ended. The freeing of the enable_event data
is put into the private_data_free() callback, but the put of the module
refcount is done immediately.

It is possible that if a module is removed that has an event that would
enable (or disable) it is still active, it can read the data of the module
after it is removed causing a use-after-free bug.

Move the trace_event_put_ref() that releases the module into the delayed
callback so that the module can not be removed until any reference to its
events are finished.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-11 11:30:37 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081007-CVE-2026-68177-f0ae@gregkh/T


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