tracing: Build event generation tests only as modules
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Build event generation tests only as modules The kprobes and synth event generation test modules add events and lock (get a reference) those event file reference in module init function, and unlock and delete it in module exit function. This is because those are designed for playing as modules. If we make those modules as built-in, those events are left locked in the kernel, and never be removed. This causes kprobe event self-test failure as below. [ 97.349708] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 97.353453] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:2133 kprobe_trace_self_tests_init+0x3f1/0x480 [ 97.357106] Modules linked in: [ 97.358488] CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.9.0-g699646734ab5-dirty #14 [ 97.361556] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 97.363880] RIP: 0010:kprobe_trace_self_tests_init+0x3f1/0x480 [ 97.365538] Code: a8 24 08 82 e9 ae fd ff ff 90 0f 0b 90 48 c7 c7 e5 aa 0b 82 e9 ee fc ff ff 90 0f 0b 90 48 c7 c7 2d 61 06 82 e9 8e fd ff ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 48 c7 c7 33 0b 0c 82 89 c6 e8 6e 03 1f ff 41 ff c7 e9 90 [ 97.370429] RSP: 0000:ffffc90000013b50 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 97.371852] RAX: 00000000fffffff0 RBX: ffff888005919c00 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 97.373829] RDX: ffff888003f40000 RSI: ffffffff8236a598 RDI: ffff888003f40a68 [ 97.375715] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 97.377675] R10: ffffffff811c9ae5 R11: ffffffff8120c4e0 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 97.379591] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000015 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 97.381536] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88807dcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 97.383813] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 97.385449] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000002244000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 [ 97.387347] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 97.389277] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 97.391196] Call Trace: [ 97.391967] <TASK> [ 97.392647] ? __warn+0xcc/0x180 [ 97.393640] ? kprobe_trace_self_tests_init+0x3f1/0x480 [ 97.395181] ? report_bug+0xbd/0x150 [ 97.396234] ? handle_bug+0x3e/0x60 [ 97.397311] ? exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x50 [ 97.398434] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 97.399652] ? trace_kprobe_is_busy+0x20/0x20 [ 97.400904] ? tracing_reset_all_online_cpus+0x15/0x90 [ 97.402304] ? kprobe_trace_self_tests_init+0x3f1/0x480 [ 97.403773] ? init_kprobe_trace+0x50/0x50 [ 97.404972] do_one_initcall+0x112/0x240 [ 97.406113] do_initcall_level+0x95/0xb0 [ 97.407286] ? kernel_init+0x1a/0x1a0 [ 97.408401] do_initcalls+0x3f/0x70 [ 97.409452] kernel_init_freeable+0x16f/0x1e0 [ 97.410662] ? rest_init+0x1f0/0x1f0 [ 97.411738] kernel_init+0x1a/0x1a0 [ 97.412788] ret_from_fork+0x39/0x50 [ 97.413817] ? rest_init+0x1f0/0x1f0 [ 97.414844] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 [ 97.416285] </TASK> [ 97.417134] irq event stamp: 13437323 [ 97.418376] hardirqs last enabled at (13437337): [<ffffffff8110bc0c>] console_unlock+0x11c/0x150 [ 97.421285] hardirqs last disabled at (13437370): [<ffffffff8110bbf1>] console_unlock+0x101/0x150 [ 97.423838] softirqs last enabled at (13437366): [<ffffffff8108e17f>] handle_softirqs+0x23f/0x2a0 [ 97.426450] softirqs last disabled at (13437393): [<ffffffff8108e346>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x66/0xd0 [ 97.428850] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- And also, since we can not cleanup dynamic_event file, ftracetest are failed too. To avoid these issues, build these tests only as modules.
- Published
- Jul 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 19th percentile
- CWE
- —
Sign in to follow · You’ll be notified if a followed record enters KEV, gets an exploit or is updated.
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.6 and later · before 5.10.221
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.162
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.96
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.36
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.9.7
- linux linux kernel6.10
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.6affected
- 9fe41efaca08416657efa8731c0d47ccb6a3f3eb and later · before a85bae262ccecc52a40c466ec067f6c915e0839daffected · git
- 9fe41efaca08416657efa8731c0d47ccb6a3f3eb and later · before 98a7bfc48fffe170a60d87a5cbb7cdddf08184c3affected · git
- 9fe41efaca08416657efa8731c0d47ccb6a3f3eb and later · before 32ef4dc2b1caf5825c0cf50646479608311cafc3affected · git
- 9fe41efaca08416657efa8731c0d47ccb6a3f3eb and later · before 55d5d08174366efe57ca9e79964828b20c626c45affected · git
- 9fe41efaca08416657efa8731c0d47ccb6a3f3eb and later · before 72a0199b361df2387018697b023fdcdd357449a9affected · git
- 9fe41efaca08416657efa8731c0d47ccb6a3f3eb and later · before 3572bd5689b0812b161b40279e39ca5b66d73e88affected · git
- before 5.6not affected · semver
- 5.10.221 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
- 5.15.162 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.99-1 | 6.1.99-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.9.7-1 | 6.9.7-1 |
Same product
linux: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV89Now
- CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV85Now
- CVE-2016-5195Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect haKEV83Now
- CVE-2019-13272In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to creKEV77This week
- CVE-2013-6282The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addKEV77This week
- CVE-2013-2094The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows loKEV77This week
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 32ef4dc2b1caf5825c0cf50646479608311cafc3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 3572bd5689b0812b161b40279e39ca5b66d73e88 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 55d5d08174366efe57ca9e79964828b20c626c45 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 72a0199b361df2387018697b023fdcdd357449a9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 98a7bfc48fffe170a60d87a5cbb7cdddf08184c3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a85bae262ccecc52a40c466ec067f6c915e0839d | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.99-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
—
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
—
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
We don't hand-write analysis for all 385,000+ vulnerabilities; that wouldn't be honest. For notable, high-impact vulnerabilities our team writes the mechanism, detection and remediation steps.
We use this product, ask for helpChange log
- Fix✗ → ✓
For records you follow, these changes also arrive as notifications. →
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ef4dc2b1caf5825c0cf50646479608311cafc3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3572bd5689b0812b161b40279e39ca5b66d73e88
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d5d08174366efe57ca9e79964828b20c626c45
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a0199b361df2387018697b023fdcdd357449a9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a7bfc48fffe170a60d87a5cbb7cdddf08184c3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85bae262ccecc52a40c466ec067f6c915e0839d
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.