CVE-2026-97919Hinoki check available

Kernel memory-safety violation via stale named trigger

Published Sep 25, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026

Use-after-free in Linux kernel tracing allows local users to cause a kernel memory-safety violation through named histogram triggers. event_hist_trigger_named_init publishes a trigger on named_triggers before shared-histogram initialization can fail, allowing cleanup to free an object that find_named_trigger later reads. Reaching the path requires privileged tracefs access and a histogram-pad allocation failure; the demonstrated consequence is a KASAN-detected stale-object read.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability0.20%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in Linux kernel tracing allows local users to cause a kernel memory-safety violation through named histogram triggers. event_hist_trigger_named_init publishes a trigger on named_triggers before shared-histogram initialization can fail, allowing cleanup to free an object that find_named_trigger later reads. Reaching the path requires privileged tracefs access and a histogram-pad allocation failure; the demonstrated consequence is a KASAN-detected stale-object read.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-97919
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Sep 25, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.12.34 <6.13
  2. Affected versionversion=6.15.3 <6.16
  3. Affected versionversion=6.16
  4. Affected versionversion=6.6.94 <6.7
  5. Affected versionversion=740dab2338f70d93aa8235db5a9541d846d7b21c
  6. Affected versionversion=7ab0fc61ce73040f89b12d76a8279995ec283541 <0fe23b8eaba0d3372c66b7b31204408da0715edc
  7. Affected versionversion=7ab0fc61ce73040f89b12d76a8279995ec283541 <2ffaade3611bd9501bc0b9d5d19fc75bfee7a16b
  8. Affected versionversion=7ab0fc61ce73040f89b12d76a8279995ec283541 <91c15cdda6033e2439f5975b938754152f3d6e38
  9. Affected versionversion=ac7ab38c271ba2edaeb0dc35b200ec13339776ae
  10. Affected versionversion=e53a8dcd36b9ebc9229450eb594ae20e0b2ae0fd

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=6.12.34 <6.13; version=6.15.3 <6.16; version=6.16; version=6.6.94 <6.7; version=740dab2338f70d93aa8235db5a9541d846d7b21c; version=7ab0fc61ce73040f89b12d76a8279995ec283541 <0fe23b8eaba0d3372c66b7b31204408da0715edc; version=7ab0fc61ce73040f89b12d76a8279995ec283541 <2ffaade3611bd9501bc0b9d5d19fc75bfee7a16b; version=7ab0fc61ce73040f89b12d76a8279995ec283541 <91c15cdda6033e2439f5975b938754152f3d6e38; version=ac7ab38c271ba2edaeb0dc35b200ec13339776ae; version=e53a8dcd36b9ebc9229450eb594ae20e0b2ae0fd

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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