CVE-2026-23380
Published: Mar 25, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close When a process forks, the child process copies the parent's VMAs but the user_mapped reference count is not incremented. As a result, when both the parent and child processes exit, tracing_buffers_mmap_close() is called twice. On the second call, user_mapped is already 0, causing the function to return -ENODEV and triggering a WARN_ON. Normally, this isn't an issue as the memory is mapped with VM_DONTCOPY set. But this is only a hint, and the application can call madvise(MADVISE_DOFORK) which resets the VM_DONTCOPY flag. When the application does that, it can trigger this issue on fork. Fix it by incrementing the user_mapped reference count without re-mapping the pages in the VMA's open callback.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected cf9f0f7c4c5bb45e7bb270e48bab6f7837825a64 - < 91f3e8d84c89918769e71393f839c9fefadc2580affected cf9f0f7c4c5bb45e7bb270e48bab6f7837825a64 - < cdd96641b64297a2db42676f051362b76280a58baffected cf9f0f7c4c5bb45e7bb270e48bab6f7837825a64 - < b0f269ba6fefe9e3cb9feedcf78fcd0b633800c0affected cf9f0f7c4c5bb45e7bb270e48bab6f7837825a64 - < e39bb9e02b68942f8e9359d2a3efe7d37ae6be0e |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.10unaffected 0 - < 6.10unaffected 6.12.77 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.18.17 - <= 6.18.*unaffected 6.19.7 - <= 6.19.*+1 more versions |
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