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Both are added to\ntr->hist_vars by save_hist_vars() during event_hist_trigger_parse(),\nbecause save_hist_vars() is called before event_trigger_register() while\nthe named reuse is only detected later, in hist_register_trigger().\n\nIn the named-data branch hist_register_trigger() then frees the second\nhistogram's hist_data via destroy_hist_data(), but never removes its\ntr->hist_vars list entry, leaving a dangling pointer and leaking the\ntrace_array reference it holds.\n\nA later hist trigger that references a variable makes find_var_file()\nwalk tr->hist_vars and dereference the freed hist_data. 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Both are added to\ntr->hist_vars by save_hist_vars() during event_hist_trigger_parse(),\nbecause save_hist_vars() is called before event_trigger_register() while\nthe named reuse is only detected later, in hist_register_trigger().\n\nIn the named-data branch hist_register_trigger() then frees the second\nhistogram's hist_data via destroy_hist_data(), but never removes its\ntr->hist_vars list entry, leaving a dangling pointer and leaking the\ntrace_array reference it holds.\n\nA later hist trigger that references a variable makes find_var_file()\nwalk tr->hist_vars and dereference the freed hist_data. The bug is\nreproducible from userspace by writing three hist triggers to tracefs:\n\n cd /sys/kernel/tracing\n echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:x=common_pid:name=mh' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger\n echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:x=common_pid:name=mh' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger\n echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:vals=$x' > events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger\n\nThe third write panics the kernel:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in find_var_file.part.0+0x272/0x290\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff888001f8a0e0 by task sh/1\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: sh Tainted: G D N\n Call Trace:\n find_var_file.part.0\n find_event_var\n parse_atom\n parse_expr\n __create_val_field\n event_hist_trigger_parse\n trigger_process_regex\n event_trigger_write\n vfs_write\n ksys_write\n do_syscall_64\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\n Allocated by task 1:\n event_hist_trigger_parse\n Freed by task 1:\n hist_register_trigger+0x618/0xa30\n event_hist_trigger_parse\n The buggy address belongs to freed 2048-byte region\n Oops: general protection fault ... RIP: find_var_file.part.0\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b\n\nFix by removing the hist_data from tr->hist_vars and releasing the\ntrace_array reference in the named-data branch of hist_register_trigger()\nbefore freeing the hist_data."}], "id": "CVE-2026-89746", "lastModified": "2026-09-11T20:20:05.373", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-09-11T20:20:05.373", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477d762be4b0ffaf01429ccd88859e93b0ec28cc"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83d1ae0406d8eade219a81b401e201702dd9dc55"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7318172aa332a161fb9618286e64454c827f8fd"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1a49c22de01faf176d44e5caa765e237353a579"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

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