tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication
dup_task_struct() copies user_event_mm from the parent into the child,
without grabbing a reference to it. user_event_mm_dup() should
replace it, but it leaves that copied pointer unmodified if
user_event_mm_alloc() fails.
When the child exits, user_event_mm_remove() decrements a reference
the child never owned, which ultimately frees user_event_mm, while
the parent still as a stale pointer to it. This creates a UAF, which
KASAN reports as:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in
current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0 Write of size 4 at addr
ffff888005010d30 by task init/44
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_report+0xce/0x100
kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0
current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0
user_events_ioctl+0x82e/0x15c0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x139/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0xce/0x450
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Allocated by task 44:
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x180/0x3a0
user_event_mm_alloc+0x3c/0x1f0
current_user_event_mm+0x88/0x1d0
Freed by task 42:
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
kfree+0x13a/0x390
process_one_work+0x696/0xf90
worker_thread+0x420/0xba0
The fix simply clears the copied pointer before any possible failure.
In case of failure, the child then has nothing to free.
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication dup_task_struct() copies user_event_mm from the parent into the child, without grabbing a reference to it. user_event_mm_dup() should replace it, but it leaves that copied pointer unmodified if user_event_mm_alloc() fails. When the child exits, user_event_mm_remove() decrements a reference the child never owned, which ultimately frees user_event_mm, while the parent still as a stale pointer to it. This creates a UAF, which KASAN reports as: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888005010d30 by task init/44 Call Trace: <TASK> kasan_report+0xce/0x100 kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0 current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0 user_events_ioctl+0x82e/0x15c0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x139/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0xce/0x450 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Allocated by task 44: __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x180/0x3a0 user_event_mm_alloc+0x3c/0x1f0 current_user_event_mm+0x88/0x1d0 Freed by task 42: __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x13a/0x390 process_one_work+0x696/0xf90 worker_thread+0x420/0xba0 The fix simply clears the copied pointer before any possible failure. In case of failure, the child then has nothing to free. | |
| Title | tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:46:54.565Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.762Z
Link: CVE-2026-89750
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:20:05.883
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:20:05.883
Link: CVE-2026-89750
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