{"id":"CVE-2026-90013","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file\n\nThe options files do not take the trace_array reference for the options\nthey represent","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file\n\nThe options files do not take the trace_array reference for the options\nthey represent. This could cause …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 577b785f55168d5acb3d123ba41bfe8d7981e044 < d0f37d77b9b4b241e0b30ef2562f6353cbda3bec","Linux >= 577b785f55168d5acb3d123ba41bfe8d7981e044 < 64a41f4a9a968f54f3792399aa4d2a9fdb23b0a5","Linux >= 577b785f55168d5acb3d123ba41bfe8d7981e044 < f2951ebd15c36a1ea4820a7f0cbb0b5f1c028b73","Linux 2.6.30"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T15:18:24.990","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90013","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a41f4a9a968f54f3792399aa4d2a9fdb23b0a5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f37d77b9b4b241e0b30ef2562f6353cbda3bec","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2951ebd15c36a1ea4820a7f0cbb0b5f1c028b73","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T10:53:53.940Z","epss":0.00157,"epssPercentile":0.05287,"slug":"CVE-2026-90013","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file\n\nThe options files do not take the trace_array reference for the options\nthey represent. This could cause a use-after-free kernel crash if one of\nthese files is opened by one task and another task removes the instance\nthat the option is for. Because it doesn't take a reference upon opening,\nit will not stop the removal which will free the options descriptor that\nis being used.\n\nAs the options are somewhat dynamic in their creation at boot up, each\nfile represents a flag in the trace_array. The trace_array has an array of\nindexes to represent each of these flags that is stored in the\ntrace_flags_index array. The address of the index array element is used to\npass to the inode->i_private pointer. Then that element is read which\nholds the index (which represents the flag) and then the index is used to\ncalculate the trace_array descriptor from its trace_flags_index array.\n\nOne issue is that the index element can not be referenced until the\ntrace_array's reference is taken. To handle this, create a new helper\nfunction called: trace_array_options_get() that will iterate all the\nexisting trace_arrays in the ftrace_trace_arrays list (under the\ntrace_types_lock), and compare the passed in address of the index element\nwith the entire array of the trace_array's trace_flags_index array.\nIf it matches, then up the corresponding trace_array's reference and\nreturn.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":205017,"id":"CVE-2026-90013","ts":1789570703794,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.8"},{"seq":205016,"id":"CVE-2026-90013","ts":1789570703794,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}