HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Vulnerability

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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