CVE-2026-74477 (GCVE-0-2026-74477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:20
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Title
uprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hprobe_expire()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hprobe_expire() Forking a task that has a pending uretprobe can oops the kernel with a NULL pointer dereference in the clone() path: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:hprobe_expire CR2: 0000000000000018 Call Trace: uprobe_copy_process copy_process kernel_clone __x64_sys_clone do_syscall_64 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe This was found on real hosts on Meta fleet. I've got the impression that this is what is happening: CPU 1 CPU 2 (traced task) ----- ------------------- hit uprobe, prepare_uretprobe(): hprobe LEASED, refcount >= 1 uprobe_unregister() put_uprobe(): refcount -> 0 fork() -> dup_utask() hprobe_expire(hprobe, true) try_get_uprobe() -> NULL get_uprobe(NULL) <-- Oops Only take the extra reference when the uprobe is non-NULL; a NULL means it is gone and is the correct value to return.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: dd1a7567784e2b1f80258be04f57bcfa82c997eb , < 3bd35a5e272a1b7a3fb43acad9bdc599281b13fa (git)
Affected: dd1a7567784e2b1f80258be04f57bcfa82c997eb , < 06c275a6c0a953ef1d763d11a6891fcc69ae2ac0 (git)
Affected: dd1a7567784e2b1f80258be04f57bcfa82c997eb , < cc679d7a6303e84d769f2afcde1fc51c51f127cd (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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