CVE-2026-99233
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/histograms: Verify event_call identity when updating synth_event refcount In event_hist_trigger_parse() and hist_unreg_all(), the histogram registration and unregistration paths look up find_synth_event() using trace_event_name(file->event_call) and adjust se->ref if a match is found. Because find_synth_event() only compares the event basename, registering or removing a histogram on a non-synthetic trace event whose basename matches a synthetic event erroneously modifies the synthetic event's reference count. If a histogram is registered on the non-synthetic event before the synthetic event is created and removed afterwards, se->ref is decremented without a matching increment, allowing the synthetic event to be freed while an active histogram action still holds a pointer to it. Introduce find_synth_event_call() to verify that &se->call matches file->event_call before adjusting se->ref.
Properties
- Severity
- HIGH
- Nvd fetched at
- 2026-11-02T16:55:11.069321+00:00
- Cvss severity
- HIGH
- Cvss score
- 7.8
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-02T16:56:00+00:00
- Score
- 7.8
- Cvss version
- 3.1
- Last source
- NVD
- Cve id
- CVE-2026-99233
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- First seen by Signal
- 2026-11-02T16:50:29+00:00
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published at
- 2026-11-02T16:17:48.390
- Last modified
- 2026-11-02T16:17:48.390
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