CVE-2026-23309
ANALYSIS PENDINGtracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free()
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Scores
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
10.5%
Details
Status
published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.17linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.7linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux
< 7.0-rc1
Linux/Linux
0550069cc25f513ce1f109c88f7c1f01d63297db - 457965c13f0837a289c9164b842d0860133f6274
Linux/Linux
335dfe4bc6368e70e8c15419375cf609c4f85558 - 2ce8ece5a78da67834db7728edc801889a64f643
Linux/Linux
6.1.165 - 6.1.167
Linux/Linux
6.1.167 - 6.1.*
... and 14 more
Published
Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 25, 2026