CVE-2026-72309

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux96e43537af5461b26f50904c6055046ba65d742f < 81a7b7ddb07efdd8cf30eac6def18b9289b8de1eaffected
LinuxLinux96e43537af5461b26f50904c6055046ba65d742f < ec082d0b978b5fb4c11205ccce63587ac94c74e1affected
LinuxLinux7.1affected
LinuxLinux0 < 7.1unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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