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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-74636" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-22T15:32:16.026Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-22T15:32:16.026Z" 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-2026-74636" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74636.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74636" title: "tracing: Fix race between update_event_fields and, event_define_fields" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Fix race between update_event_fields and, event_define_fields\n\nThe following sequence may leads race between event_define_fields()\nand update_event_fields():\n\n CPU0 (loads module A) CPU1 (loads module B)\n =============================== ===============================\n load_module(A) load_module(B)\n notifier_call_chain notifier_call_chain\n trace_module_notify trace_module_notify\n mutex_lock(&event_mutex) trace_event_update_all()\n trace_module_add_events(A) down_write(&trace_event_sem)\n __register_event(call_A)\n __add_event_to_tracers(call_A)\n event_define_fields(call_A)\n for each f: list_for_each_entry(field,\n list_add(&f-\u003elink, &class-\u003efields, link)\n &class-\u003efields) field = class-\u003efields-\u003enext;\n\nWhere access to the class-\u003efields is not protected by the event_mutex in\ntrace_event_update_all().\n\nThis produces the following panic:\n Unable to handle kernel access ... at virtual address 0000000000000018\n pc : update_event_fields+0xf8/0x368\n Call trace:\n update_event_fields+0xf8/0x368\n trace_event_update_all+0x7c/0x2b4\n trace_module_notify+0x4c/0x1dc\n notifier_call_chain+0x84/0x168\n blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust+0x64/0xd4\n load_module+0x10c8/0x123c\n __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x230/0x31c\n\nFix by taking event_mutex in trace_event_update_all() before\ntrace_event_sem." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7c6bd60999f32138e3b73fd97ea11ef47a94de25","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4e39f7b4d9d36508c53e89e6cbc640728df870b5"},{"version":"b3bc8547d3be60898818885f5bf22d0a62e2eb48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a30d421468300b1e7b2f233136aeb2db8013f555"},{"version":"b3bc8547d3be60898818885f5bf22d0a62e2eb48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e5f1d301b4bdaa4206db251fdc691f623162b0a8"},{"version":"b3bc8547d3be60898818885f5bf22d0a62e2eb48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fdeb190b0905a6aaed1e5d6adfb8613214748d7d"},{"version":"b3bc8547d3be60898818885f5bf22d0a62e2eb48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ed49684e69f846bf50b5050651ccdb87cfd152c0"},{"version":"b3bc8547d3be60898818885f5bf22d0a62e2eb48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f128740f39ab28d1f4ad5bdd10f3e117eec0c374"},{"version":"b3bc8547d3be60898818885f5bf22d0a62e2eb48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c3730b8373bb5059d735509b9e6a00d7eb337d7c"},{"version":"55defdf935fab9f2989a197aae1042c082d9a343","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0c53a5c80e6e286733381a1d9f255ba4039e2e45","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.33","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.216"},{"version":"5.16.19","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.17"},{"version":"5.17.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.18"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.18"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.152","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.104","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.45","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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