ftrace: Take trace_array reference before accessing its ftrace_ops
CVE-2026-90002 · published 16 Sept 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2026-90002?
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Cursor or any AI coding tool: it runs a free Shippable scan of your project and fixes what it finds. Built with Lovable, Bolt or v0? Scan your live app. Or upload your package file.
Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 591dffdade9f07692a7dd3ed16830ec24e901ece to < 29266da8ee1d9be656b1f22460c49538e1930658, 591dffdade9f07692a7dd3ed16830ec24e901ece to < 177cd8966325f0ffffa3c9381f9e0422019a3973, 591dffdade9f07692a7dd3ed16830ec24e901ece to < 83fd7eca5ab0d3ac3f23bff889175d847e21af06, 591dffdade9f07692a7dd3ed16830ec24e901ece to < cee8f286794df916553d8d445eac5c323ec5b0f8
- Linux Linux: 3.15
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
Copies a prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex that asks it to check whether you run this product.
- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ftrace: Take trace_array reference before accessing its ftrace_ops
The trace instance files set_ftrace_filter and set_ftrace_notrace was
updated to work with specific trace instances (trace_arrays). The issue is
that when these files are opened, there is a small race window where it
will use the ftrace_ops from the inode->private pointer to get a reference
to the trace_array and then take its reference. The problem is that the
ftrace_ops itself could be freed. If the rmdir on the instance happens at
the same time the set_ftrace_filter file is opened, the rmdir could have
also freed the ftrace_ops and referencing it will cause a use-after-free
bug and crash the kernel.
Instead, pass in the trace_array as the file private data (NULL for the
top level instance), and then pass both the trace_array and the ftrace_ops
to the ftrace_regex_open() function. If the trace_array is NULL, then it
just uses the ftrace_ops without the need to take its reference (like
normal). If the ftrace_ops is NULL, that is only the case for the top
level instance and the global_ops can be used.
This allows the trace_array to have its reference incremented before
touching the ftrace_ops that could also be freed when the instance is.
Check your whole app
Dependencies are only half of it. Free and read-only: before you push, run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder, no account needed. For your live app, you prove it's yours with a one-line tag first.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29266da8ee1d9be656b1f22460c49538e1930658
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/177cd8966325f0ffffa3c9381f9e0422019a3973
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/83fd7eca5ab0d3ac3f23bff889175d847e21af06
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cee8f286794df916553d8d445eac5c323ec5b0f8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9100191e5acb2e5ea2313f436667bb5fce129f47
Merged from CVE List. Last updated 26 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON