In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write
Syzkaller trigger a fault injection warning:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12326 at tracepoint_add_func+0xbfc/0xeb0 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12326 Comm: syz.6.10325 Tainted: G U 6.14.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Tainted: [U]=USER Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine RIP: 0010:tracepoint_add_func+0xbfc/0xeb0 kernel/tracepoint.c:294 Code: 09 fe ff 90 0f 0b 90 0f b6 74 24 43 31 ff 41 bc ea ff ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc9000414fb48 EFLAGS: 00010283 RAX: 00000000000012a1 RBX: ffffffff8e240ae0 RCX: ffffc90014b78000 RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff81bbd78b RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffffffffef R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffff81c264f0 FS: 00007f27217f66c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b2e80dff8 CR3: 00000000268f8000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0xc0/0x110 kernel/tracepoint.c:464 register_trace_prio_sched_switch include/trace/events/sched.h:222 [inline] register_pid_events kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2354 [inline] event_pid_write.isra.0+0x439/0x7a0 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2425 vfs_write+0x24c/0x1150 fs/read_write.c:677 ksys_write+0x12b/0x250 fs/read_write.c:731 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
We can reproduce the warning by following the steps below: 1. echo 8 >> set_event_notrace_pid. Let tr->filtered_pids owns one pid and register sched_switch tracepoint. 2. echo ' ' >> set_event_pid, and perform fault injection during chunk allocation of trace_pid_list_alloc. Let pid_list with no pid and assign to tr->filtered_pids. 3. echo ' ' >> set_event_pid. Let pid_list is NULL and assign to tr->filtered_pids. 4. echo 9 >> set_event_pid, will trigger the double register sched_switch tracepoint warning.
The reason is that syzkaller injects a fault into the chunk allocation in trace_pid_list_alloc, causing a failure in trace_pid_list_set, which may trigger double register of the same tracepoint. This only occurs when the system is about to crash, but to suppress this warning, let's add failure handling logic to trace_pid_list_set.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.155-176.282Upgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.48-67.114Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-common | Oct 16, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Nov 11, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1048-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1048-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1035-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1050-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1050-awsUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1052-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1049-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1049-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1052-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-oracleUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1045-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1049-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1050-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1052-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1052-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1049-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2040-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1050-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1049-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1029-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips | Mar 17, 2026 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 13, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
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