Bug 2541263 (CVE-2026-98032) - CVE-2026-98032 kernel: tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers
Summary: CVE-2026-98032 kernel: tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw r...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98032
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 22:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:12:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers

Concurrent subbuffer resizes may crash trace_pipe_raw readers or leak
uninitialized memory to userspace due to stale size values.

Modify ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() to handle the resizing of an
existing buffer_data_read_page if necessary and add a new
ring_buffer_read_page_size(). This new function enables ring-buffer
buffer_data_read_page users to not call the racy
ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(). This makes the spare_size member of
ftrace_buffer_info redundant.

Finally, handle buffer_data_read_page/reader_page order discrepancy in
ring_buffer_read_page(). On a mismatch simply copy manually the data to
the buffer_data_read_page.


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