Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund2 Nov 2026WID-SEC-2026-4302

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow an unspecified attack Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-99237CVE-2026-99264CVE-2026-99220+50 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e816bed499fe47f39f12044382cc5d064485fb
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b4106e8b35823acc79e206c7745f55b9cfd78b
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/3403d9bb27ebc3572bd048620746b4414e073bf9
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/381f543ed35c434d5b707369aa5dcd69ecf440af
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4472579bd1c83708b6fe623c870cdf728e947205
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/5597bb8db6855fcb97a67196d227fea359bcd81c
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf4e31d5da80fae4c9cdbe7af55b7c3ad213f0e4