CVE-2026-89771

ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:47 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers trace_buffer subbuf_size is read lockless in ring_buffer_read_page() and ring_buffer_read_start(), while it can simultaneously be resized with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(). Instead of trace_buffer::subbuf_size, use bpage::order in ring_buffer_read_start() and ring_buffer_read_page(). In ring_buffer_read_start(), even with resize_disabled, there is still a possibility of a race with a buffer modification. Hold the trace_buffer mutex to synchronise with any pending ring buffer order modification. trace_buffer::subbuf_size is now actually useless, remove it. Also, create accessors rb_subbuf_capacity() and rb_page_capacity() which return the actual size available for storing events, while rb_subbuf_size() returns the actual subbuf page-size.

Affected

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

6.8f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b
Vendor states this is fixed in 0c7c517827a453128a8f58bfd849546a29813b27 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 50f4a793c4ff24826efb0ac700989a5063cc53df (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d666f0b8b36c0765cf19fbe6de5a7ba5a73aad9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8a5f63637890f03177146efddaba5ec7a1b4d61f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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