CVE-2026-72385

tracing/fprobe: Fix NULL pointer dereference in fprobe_fgraph_entry()

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Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/fprobe: Fix NULL pointer dereference in fprobe_fgraph_entry() fprobe_fgraph_entry() sizes a shadow-stack reservation in one walk of the per-ip fprobe list and fills it in a second walk, both under rcu_read_lock() only. A fprobe registered on an already-live ip can become visible between the two walks, so the fill walk processes an exit_handler the sizing walk did not count and used runs past reserved_words. If the sizing walk counted nothing, fgraph_data is NULL and the first write_fprobe_header() faults: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:fprobe_fgraph_entry+0xa38/0xf10 kernel/trace/fprobe.c:167 Call Trace: <TASK> function_graph_enter_regs+0x44c/0xa10 kernel/trace/fgraph.c:677 ftrace_graph_func+0xc5/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c:671 __kernel_text_address+0x9/0x40 kernel/extable.c:78 arch_stack_walk+0x117/0x170 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26 kmem_cache_free+0x188/0x580 mm/slub.c:6378 tcp_data_queue+0x18d/0x6550 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5590 [...] </TASK> The list cannot be frozen across the two walks, so skip a node that does not fit the reservation and count it as missed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.14 ≤ v < 6.18.406.14 ≤ v < 7.1.56.14 ≤ v < 7.24346ba1604093305a287e08eb465a9c15ba05b806.14
Vendor states this is fixed in 367c49d6e283c17b56a31e7a8d964a079244264c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 62988204162fc382cfc7d9a185d40a751261e3a3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d655cca1c6e67eb081214d37eb231a869ead2f97 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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