CVE-2026-89749
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop() event_test_stuff() calls kthread_run() and unconditionally passes the returned task_struct pointer to kthread_stop(). kthread_run() returns an error pointer such as ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) when kthread creation fails, for example under memory pressure during the boot-time event self-test. kthread_stop() then dereferences the invalid pointer, crashing the kernel. Check the result of kthread_run() before passing it to kthread_stop(). Use WARN_ON() so that a failure to create the self-test thread does not go unnoticed, matching the ring-buffer self-test fix in commit 91542863abad ("ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()").
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:20:05.757000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:18:17.873000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()\n\nevent_test_stuff() calls kthread_run() and unconditionally passes the\nreturned task_struct pointer to kthread_stop(). kthread_run() returns an\nerror pointer such as ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) when kthread creation fails, for\nexample under memory pressure during the boot-time event self-test.\nkthread_stop() then dereferences the invalid pointer, crashing the kernel.\n\nCheck the result of kthread_run() before passing it to kthread_stop(). Use\nWARN_ON() so that a failure to create the self-test thread does not go\nunnoticed, matching the ring-buffer self-test fix in commit\n91542863abad (\"ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()\")."
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