CVE-2026-98032 PUBLISHED

tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7 to 75b37b8369778b69ce9738d1c97685a1615cb252 (excl.)
  • affected from bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7 to dae8dda341d2d9034a90d59e8a7d502e1263813f (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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