---
id: CVE-2026-90014
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref

  The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show
  all filters or triggers…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref

  The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show
  all filters or triggers…
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 >= 729757b96a662d87e334fe8b837707800d8fd551 <
    2ee3f7d43f79efaca0cd84a6798653d9d75ce60b
  - >-
    Linux >= 729757b96a662d87e334fe8b837707800d8fd551 <
    f4a771cc684c7354b6200147f7252c58d17408ff
  - Linux 7.0
published: '2026-09-16'
updated: '2026-09-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-16T15:18:25.113'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90014'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ee3f7d43f79efaca0cd84a6798653d9d75ce60b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4a771cc684c7354b6200147f7252c58d17408ff'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-16T10:53:53.941Z'
epss: 0.00165
epssPercentile: 0.05045
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref

The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show
all filters or triggers that are set within the trace array do not take a
reference for the trace array it is showing. Without taking a reference,
the trace_array may be freed via "rmdir" while a task is reading one of
theses files. Those files iterate all the events within an instance
(trace_array) and nothing prevents that instance from being freed while
its data is being read. This causes a use-after-free crash.

Have the open of both those files take the trace_array reference via the
trace_array_get() that prevents the trace_array from being freed while the
files are opened.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.