{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74634", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.922Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-22T15:32:14.547Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-25T05:40:58.185Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-25T05:40:58.185Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nring-buffer: Prevent subbuf order change when resizing is disabled\n\nBecause ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() frees buffer pages, we can't\nallow it when resizing is disabled. A non-consuming reader is at risk of\nuse-after-free (rb_advance_iter()).\n\nReturn -EBUSY on resize_disabled, matching ring_buffer_resize()\nbehaviour." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only via local tracefs operations: write() to buffer_subbuf_size_kb (buffer_subbuf_size_write) while a non-consuming ring_buffer_read_start() iterator is active from reading trace/per_cpu/cpuN/trace. No network, adjacent-radio, or physical-device path reaches ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set().\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides: one thread holds trace open for read (sets resize_disabled via ring_buffer_read_start) while another writes buffer_subbuf_size_kb to free pages still referenced by iter->head_page. rb_advance_iter()/rb_inc_iter then dereferences freed memory; the race is reliably retried.\nPR:L - tracing_check_open_get_tr() enforces only LOCKDOWN_TRACEFS and DAC with no capability check. tracefs buffer_subbuf_size_kb and trace are mode 0640 and are routinely delegated via gid=/mode= to tracing-group members on Android/Perfetto, ChromeOS, and developer systems, matching prior CNA tracefs UAF scores (CVE-2024-50207, CVE-2025-38101).\nUI:N - Exploitation uses the attacker's own tracefs file descriptors and threads (open trace for read, write buffer_subbuf_size_kb). No separate victim mount, click, or configuration action is required beyond the attacker holding tracefs access.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts kernel ring-buffer heap pages and metadata within the same OS security authority. It enables local privilege escalation but does not cross VM, IOMMU, container, or hardware trust boundaries.\nC:H - ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() frees buffer_page data pages while iterators retain head_page pointers; rb_iter_head_event() memcpy() and rb_inc_iter() read iter->head_page->page after free_pages(), leaking recycled kernel heap contents to userspace through trace reads.\nI:H - Freed sub-buffer pages and buffer_page structures can be reused while iterators and splice paths still perform stores and list operations on them. This UAF heap corruption is exploitable for arbitrary kernel writes and control-flow hijack, not merely a crash.\nA:H - Concurrent page frees with active iterators corrupt ring-buffer lists and cause use-after-free dereferences in rb_advance_iter(), producing kernel oopses/panics. syzbot reported this failure mode and the attacker can retrigger it at will." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b", "lessThan": "b45b91db41379ee5fb36c187d6d7c37b725cbe8e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b", "lessThan": "62978cf6347972c04130e4e841ba404504d92b32", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b", "lessThan": "7568e9e717e7540bd05bcc007f5d76fcaff3cdff", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b", "lessThan": "bf98d7b0d5a99991e47e66cee4eb1d3fa514be97", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.8", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.8", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.104", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.45", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.9", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.104" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.45" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.9" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b45b91db41379ee5fb36c187d6d7c37b725cbe8e" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62978cf6347972c04130e4e841ba404504d92b32" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7568e9e717e7540bd05bcc007f5d76fcaff3cdff" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf98d7b0d5a99991e47e66cee4eb1d3fa514be97" } ], "title": "ring-buffer: Prevent subbuf order change when resizing is disabled", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }