# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74471"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T12:27:08.128Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-16T19:05:47.824Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74471"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74471.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74471"
title: "tracing: Check return value of __register_event() in trace_module_add_events()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Check return value of __register_event() in trace_module_add_events()\n\ntrace_module_add_events() ignores the return value of __register_event()\nand unconditionally calls __add_event_to_tracers() for each event.\n\nIf __register_event() fails (for example, if event_init() fails), the\ntrace_event_call is not added to ftrace_events list, but\n__add_event_to_tracers() still creates a trace_event_file pointing to it.\nIf module loading subsequently fails and module memory is freed, tracing\nstate retains a stale trace_event_call pointer in trace_event_file,\nleading to a use-after-free when tracefs or tracing subsystem operations\nare later executed.\n\nFix this by checking the return value of __register_event() and only\ncalling __add_event_to_tracers() if event registration succeeded."
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