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FKIE_CVE-2026-89750

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 20:20 - Updated: 2026-09-14 13:19
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication dup_task_struct() copies user_event_mm from the parent into the child, without grabbing a reference to it. user_event_mm_dup() should replace it, but it leaves that copied pointer unmodified if user_event_mm_alloc() fails. When the child exits, user_event_mm_remove() decrements a reference the child never owned, which ultimately frees user_event_mm, while the parent still as a stale pointer to it. This creates a UAF, which KASAN reports as: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888005010d30 by task init/44 Call Trace: <TASK> kasan_report+0xce/0x100 kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0 current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0 user_events_ioctl+0x82e/0x15c0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x139/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0xce/0x450 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Allocated by task 44: __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x180/0x3a0 user_event_mm_alloc+0x3c/0x1f0 current_user_event_mm+0x88/0x1d0 Freed by task 42: __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x13a/0x390 process_one_work+0x696/0xf90 worker_thread+0x420/0xba0 The fix simply clears the copied pointer before any possible failure. In case of failure, the child then has nothing to free.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a0758cf6bdbfddac2be71124c9bd0692f4b0b1
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ce55b368b64d65941867add00e7f288cbb8234
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/390f6bd8583d177029d9df4bea6667509e55a765
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b39e49a4c9d68e010e96b26fc7374f0864f2b1
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b799f67119aff179719a0b1e12441ebbdaaf62f9
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication\n\ndup_task_struct() copies user_event_mm from the parent into the child,\nwithout grabbing a reference to it. user_event_mm_dup() should\nreplace it, but it leaves that copied pointer unmodified if\nuser_event_mm_alloc() fails.\n\nWhen the child exits, user_event_mm_remove() decrements a reference\nthe child never owned, which ultimately frees user_event_mm, while\nthe parent still as a stale pointer to it. This creates a UAF, which\nKASAN reports as:\n\n    BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in\n    current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0 Write of size 4 at addr\n    ffff888005010d30 by task init/44\n\n    Call Trace:\n     \u003cTASK\u003e\n     kasan_report+0xce/0x100\n     kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0\n     current_user_event_mm+0x51/0x1d0\n     user_events_ioctl+0x82e/0x15c0\n     __x64_sys_ioctl+0x139/0x1c0\n     do_syscall_64+0xce/0x450\n     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\n    Allocated by task 44:\n     __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0\n     __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x180/0x3a0\n     user_event_mm_alloc+0x3c/0x1f0\n     current_user_event_mm+0x88/0x1d0\n\n    Freed by task 42:\n     __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70\n     kfree+0x13a/0x390\n     process_one_work+0x696/0xf90\n     worker_thread+0x420/0xba0\n\nThe fix simply clears the copied pointer before any possible failure.\nIn case of failure, the child then has nothing to free."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-89750",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-14T13:19:23.640",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "type": "Secondary"
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  "published": "2026-09-11T20:20:05.883",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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