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Linux CVE-2026-72309

| EUVDEUVD-2026-59208
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-8hrf-wfxr-vw68

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 15, 2026 - 07:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 05:55 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

tracing/remotes: Fix leak in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() error path

If page allocation fails in trace_remote_alloc_buffer(), desc->nr_cpus is not yet incremented for the current CPU. As a consequence, on error, half-allocated rb_desc will not be freed in trace_remote_free_buffer().

Increment desc->nr_cpus as soon as the first allocation for the current CPU has succeeded.

Analysis

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

tracing/remotes: Fix leak in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() error path

If page allocation fails in trace_remote_alloc_buffer(), desc->nr_cpus is not yet incremented for the current CPU. As a consequence, on error, half-allocated rb_desc will not be freed in trace_remote_free_buffer().

Increment desc->nr_cpus as soon as the first allocation for the current CPU has succeeded.

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