CVE-2026-46196
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() When a tracepoint goes through the 0 -> 1 transition, tracepoint_add_func() invokes the subsystem's…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() When a tracepoint goes through the 0 -> 1 transition, tracepoint_add_func() invokes the subsystem's ext->regfunc() before attempting to install the new probe via func_add(). If func_add() then fails (for example, when allocate_probes() cannot allocate a new probe array under memory pressure and returns -ENOMEM), the function returns the error without calling the matching ext->unregfunc(), leaving the side effects of regfunc() behind with no installed probe to justify them. For syscall tracepoints this is particularly unpleasant: syscall_regfunc() bumps sys_tracepoint_refcount and sets SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT on every task. After a leaked failure, the refcount is stuck at a non-zero value with no consumer, and every task continues paying the syscall trace entry/exit overhead until reboot. Other subsystems providing regfunc()/unregfunc() pairs exhibit similarly scoped persistent state. Mirror the existing 1 -> 0 cleanup and call ext->unregfunc() in the func_add() error path, gated on the same condition used there so the unwind is symmetric with the registration.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/247ed8a969f981bfba3112fd4bb441eaa6cef59cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c5b8eeea006eb694c81631cd5713d494b80be90Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/342829e042ac00f3d68d442ea92873fb6683f494Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ff362235307af95152d510b53c2d9b8773a342
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f1756d043e56ea2e9a6c858fb290a0cf6fc2251
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5787052e5f69beb649f3d6a80a8aa37d9e683e4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bcadb3c2bc1cf60690e931aadd35fb7bd646a49Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad217e16fded7f3c09f8637b0f6a224d58b5f2ePatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.