GHSA-mfcj-fwjx-5q54 · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix trace_marker...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix trace_marker copy link list updates When the "copy_trace_marker" option is enabled for an instance, anything written into /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_marker is also copied into that instances buffer. When the option is set, that instance's trace_array descriptor is added to the marker_copies link list. This list is protected by RCU, as all iterations uses an RCU protected list traversal. When the instance is deleted, all the flags that were enabled are cleared. This also clears the copy_trace_marker flag and removes the trace_array descriptor from the list. The issue is after the flags are called, a direct call to update_marker_trace() is performed to clear the flag. This function returns true if the state of the flag changed and false otherwise. If it returns true here, synchronize_rcu() is called to make sure all readers see that its removed from the list. But since the flag was already cleared, the state does not change and the synchronization is never called, leaving a possible UAF bug. Move the clearing of all flags below the updating of the copy_trace_marker option which then makes sure the synchronization is performed. Also use the flag for checking the state in update_marker_trace() instead of looking at if the list is empty.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-31541 is rated Low Risk (4.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
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| 1 | 2026-04-25 | — | 0.02% | — |
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GHSA-mfcj-fwjx-5q54 · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix trace_marker...
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debian
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unimportant | CVE-2026-31541 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31541 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31541 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2026-31541 severity moderate: SUSE including 24 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 220 product×package rows across 40 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (40 product lines)): Known Not Affected 220. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31541/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-31541 medium priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1048, ignored 169, not-affected 125, released 83, needed 19, needs-triage 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31541 |
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