CVE-2026-68177 PUBLISHED

tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" trigger

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 61d445af0a7c70018111919e47beaaee15653f2f to 159fdc3e01dca5fdbc412fcd8b239895733a270d (excl.)
  • affected from 61d445af0a7c70018111919e47beaaee15653f2f to e091351b38818ef620d27f44f4bfd625f13afbff (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.19 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.19 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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