CVE-2026-90013

/// Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file

The options files do not take the trace_array reference for the options

they represent. This could cause a use-after-free kernel crash if one of

these files is opened by one task and another task removes the instance

that the option is for. Because it doesn't take a reference upon opening,

it will not stop the removal which will free the options descriptor that

is being used.

As the options are somewhat dynamic in their creation at boot up, each

file represents a flag in the trace_array. The trace_array has an array of

indexes to represent each of these flags that is stored in the

trace_flags_index array. The address of the index array element is used to

pass to the inode->i_private pointer. Then that element is read which

holds the index (which represents the flag) and then the index is used to

calculate the trace_array descriptor from its trace_flags_in

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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