CVE-2026-46196
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() When a tracepoint goes through the 0 -> 1 transition, tracepoint_add_func() invokes the subsystem's ext->regfunc() before attempting to install the new probe via func_add(). If func_add() then fails (for example, when allocate_probes() cannot allocate a new probe array under memory pressure and returns -ENOMEM), the function returns the error without calling the matching ext->unregfunc(), leaving the side effects of regfunc() behind with no installed probe to justify them. For syscall tracepoints this is particularly unpleasant: syscall_regfunc() bumps sys_tracepoint_refcount and sets SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT on every task. After a leaked failure, the refcount is stuck at a non-zero value with no consumer, and every task continues paying the syscall trace entry/exit overhead until reboot. Other subsystems providing regfunc()/unregfunc() pairs exhibit similarly scoped persistent state. Mirror the existing 1 -> 0 cleanup and call ext->unregfunc() in the func_add() error path, gated on the same condition used there so the unwind is symmetric with the registration.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 5787052e5f69beb649f3d6a80a8aa37d9e683e4e | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 4f1756d043e56ea2e9a6c858fb290a0cf6fc2251 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 36ff362235307af95152d510b53c2d9b8773a342 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 247ed8a969f981bfba3112fd4bb441eaa6cef59c | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 7bcadb3c2bc1cf60690e931aadd35fb7bd646a49 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 2c5b8eeea006eb694c81631cd5713d494b80be90 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | 342829e042ac00f3d68d442ea92873fb6683f494 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8cf868affdc459beee1a941df0cfaba1673740e3 | affected | git | fad217e16fded7f3c09f8637b0f6a224d58b5f2e | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.10 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.259 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.210 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.176 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.140 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.88 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.30 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.0.7 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.* | None listed |
| 7.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |