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CVE-2026-89746: tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers When two hist triggers on different events are registered with the same name=, the second one reuses the first as named_data. Both are added to tr->hist_vars by save_hist_vars() during event_hist_trigger_parse(), because save_hist_vars() is called before event_trigger_register() while the named reuse is only detected later, in hist_register_trigger(). In the named-data branch hist_register_trigger() then frees the second histogram's hist_data via destroy_hist_data(), but never removes its tr->hist_vars list entry, leaving a dangling pointer and leaking the trace_array reference it holds. A later hist trigger that references a variable makes find_var_file() walk tr->hist_vars and dereference the freed hist_data. The bug is reproducible from userspace by writing three hist triggers to tracefs: cd /sys/kernel/tracing echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:x=common_pid:name=mh' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:x=common_pid:name=mh' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:vals=$x' > events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger The third write panics the kernel: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in find_var_file.part.0+0x272/0x290 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888001f8a0e0 by task sh/1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: sh Tainted: G D N Call Trace: find_var_file.part.0 find_event_var parse_atom parse_expr __create_val_field event_hist_trigger_parse trigger_process_regex event_trigger_write vfs_write ksys_write do_syscall_64 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe Allocated by task 1: event_hist_trigger_parse Freed by task 1: hist_register_trigger+0x618/0xa30 event_hist_trigger_parse The buggy address belongs to freed 2048-byte region Oops: general protection fault ... RIP: find_var_file.part.0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b Fix by removing the hist_data from tr->hist_vars and releasing the trace_array reference in the named-data branch of hist_register_trigger() before freeing the hist_data.

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Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
7.8CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9Linux

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7.8High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2026-89746Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
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LowHigh
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NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
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HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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LinuxLinux5ae1b18f05ee2b849dc03b6c15d7da0c1c6efa77, 43b254d46c740bf9dbe65709afa021dd726dfa99, 435d2964af815aae456db554c62963b4515f19d0, 6f86bdeab633a56d5c6dccf1a2c5989b6a5e323e, 6f86bdeab633a56d5c6dccf1a2c5989b6a5e323e, 6f86bdeab633a56d5c6dccf1a2c5989b6a5e323e, f1ae50cfb818ce1ac7a674406dfadb7653e2552d, 6.1.130, 6.6.81, 6.12.18, 6.13.6unaffected
LinuxLinux6.14, 0, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3affected
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