{"id":"CVE-2026-90013","summary":"tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file\n\nThe options files do not take the trace_array reference for the options\nthey represent. This could cause a use-after-free kernel crash if one of\nthese files is opened by one task and another task removes the instance\nthat the option is for. Because it doesn't take a reference upon opening,\nit will not stop the removal which will free the options descriptor that\nis being used.\n\nAs the options are somewhat dynamic in their creation at boot up, each\nfile represents a flag in the trace_array. The trace_array has an array of\nindexes to represent each of these flags that is stored in the\ntrace_flags_index array. The address of the index array element is used to\npass to the inode-\u003ei_private pointer. Then that element is read which\nholds the index (which represents the flag) and then the index is used to\ncalculate the trace_array descriptor from its trace_flags_index array.\n\nOne issue is that the index element can not be referenced until the\ntrace_array's reference is taken. To handle this, create a new helper\nfunction called: trace_array_options_get() that will iterate all the\nexisting trace_arrays in the ftrace_trace_arrays list (under the\ntrace_types_lock), and compare the passed in address of the index element\nwith the entire array of the trace_array's trace_flags_index array.\nIf it matches, then up the corresponding trace_array's reference and\nreturn.","modified":"2026-09-18T03:48:34.707772914Z","published":"2026-09-16T10:33:20.136Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90013.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a41f4a9a968f54f3792399aa4d2a9fdb23b0a5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f37d77b9b4b241e0b30ef2562f6353cbda3bec"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2951ebd15c36a1ea4820a7f0cbb0b5f1c028b73"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90013.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90013"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"577b785f55168d5acb3d123ba41bfe8d7981e044"},{"fixed":"d0f37d77b9b4b241e0b30ef2562f6353cbda3bec"},{"fixed":"64a41f4a9a968f54f3792399aa4d2a9fdb23b0a5"},{"fixed":"f2951ebd15c36a1ea4820a7f0cbb0b5f1c028b73"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90013.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.6.30"},{"fixed":"6.18.52"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90013.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}