SB20260824194 - Race condition in Linux kernel trace
Published: August 24, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74636)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in trace event field handling in the Linux kernel tracing subsystem when loading modules and updating trace event fields concurrently. A local user can load modules concurrently to trigger a kernel panic and cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires the ability to initiate module loading.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e39f7b4d9d36508c53e89e6cbc640728df870b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a30d421468300b1e7b2f233136aeb2db8013f555
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3730b8373bb5059d735509b9e6a00d7eb337d7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5f1d301b4bdaa4206db251fdc691f623162b0a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed49684e69f846bf50b5050651ccdb87cfd152c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f128740f39ab28d1f4ad5bdd10f3e117eec0c374
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdeb190b0905a6aaed1e5d6adfb8613214748d7d