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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | tracing/remotes: Fix leak in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() error path | |
| First Time appeared |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T05:55:25.914Z
Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.918Z
Link: CVE-2026-72309
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:03.673
Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:03.673
Link: CVE-2026-72309
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Updated: 2026-08-15T10:30:05Z
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