CVE-2026-89771

ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers

trace_buffer subbuf_size is read lockless in ring_buffer_read_page() and ring_buffer_read_start(), while it can simultaneously be resized with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set().

Instead of trace_buffer::subbuf_size, use bpage::order in ring_buffer_read_start() and ring_buffer_read_page().

In ring_buffer_read_start(), even with resize_disabled, there is still a possibility of a race with a buffer modification. Hold the trace_buffer mutex to synchronise with any pending ring buffer order modification.

trace_buffer::subbuf_size is now actually useless, remove it. Also, create accessors rb_subbuf_capacity() and rb_page_capacity() which return the actual size available for storing events, while rb_subbuf_size() returns the actual subbuf page-size.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b to before 6d666f0b8b36c0765cf19fbe6de5a7ba5a73aad9Affected
  • f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b to before 50f4a793c4ff24826efb0ac700989a5063cc53dfAffected
  • f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b to before 0c7c517827a453128a8f58bfd849546a29813b27Affected
  • f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b to before 8a5f63637890f03177146efddaba5ec7a1b4d61fAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.8Affected
  • before 6.8Not affected
  • 6.12.109 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.50 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.4 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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