Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2026· Updated Apr 13, 2026
tracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free()
CVE-2026-23309
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free()
If trigger_data_alloc() fails and returns NULL, event_hist_trigger_parse() jumps to the out_free error path. While kfree() safely handles a NULL pointer, trigger_data_free() does not. This causes a NULL pointer dereference in trigger_data_free() when evaluating data->cmd_ops->set_filter.
Fix the problem by adding a NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free().
The problem was found by an experimental code review agent based on gemini-3.1-pro while reviewing backports into v6.18.y.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.1.165
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/13dcd9269e225e4c4ceabdaeebe2ce4661b54c6emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce8ece5a78da67834db7728edc801889a64f643mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/42b380f97d65e76e7b310facd525f730272daf57mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/457965c13f0837a289c9164b842d0860133f6274mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/477469223b2b840f436ce204333de87cb17e5d93mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/59c15b9cc453b74beb9f04c6c398717e73612dc3mitre
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