In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Fix memory leak in tracing_read_pipe()
kmemleak reports this issue:
unreferenced object 0xffff888105a18900 (size 128): comm "test_progs", pid 18933, jiffies 4336275356 (age 22801.766s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 25 73 00 90 81 88 ff ff 26 05 00 00 42 01 58 04 %s......&...B.X. 03 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<00000000560143a1>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4a/0x140 [<000000006af00822>] krealloc+0x8d/0xf0 [<00000000c309be6a>] trace_iter_expand_format+0x99/0x150 [<000000005a53bdb6>] trace_check_vprintf+0x1e0/0x11d0 [<0000000065629d9d>] trace_event_printf+0xb6/0xf0 [<000000009a690dc7>] trace_raw_output_bpf_trace_printk+0x89/0xc0 [<00000000d22db172>] print_trace_line+0x73c/0x1480 [<00000000cdba76ba>] tracing_read_pipe+0x45c/0x9f0 [<0000000015b58459>] vfs_read+0x17b/0x7c0 [<000000004aeee8ed>] ksys_read+0xed/0x1c0 [<0000000063d3d898>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [<00000000a06dda7f>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
iter->fmt alloced in tracing_read_pipe() -> .. ->trace_iter_expand_format(), but not freed, to fix, add free in tracing_release_pipe()
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.86-53.137Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python-perf-debuginfo | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 5, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade python3-perf | Oct 24, 2025 | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-nvidiaUpgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-gkeUpgrade linux-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-realtimeUpgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-riscv-5.15Upgrade linux-aws-5.15Upgrade linux-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-azureUpgrade linuxUpgrade linux-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iotg-5.15Upgrade linux-hwe-5.15 | May 8, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 10, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
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