{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-74477","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-15T05:44:03.903Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T12:27:11.938Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:20:09.952Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:20:09.952Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nuprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hprobe_expire()\n\nForking a task that has a pending uretprobe can oops the kernel with a\nNULL pointer dereference in the clone() path:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018\n  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n  RIP: 0010:hprobe_expire\n  CR2: 0000000000000018\n  Call Trace:\n   uprobe_copy_process\n   copy_process\n   kernel_clone\n   __x64_sys_clone\n   do_syscall_64\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\n\nThis was found on real hosts on Meta fleet.\n\nI've got the impression that this is what is happening:\n\n  CPU 1                          CPU 2 (traced task)\n  -----                          -------------------\n                                 hit uprobe, prepare_uretprobe():\n                                   hprobe LEASED, refcount >= 1\n  uprobe_unregister()\n    put_uprobe(): refcount -> 0\n                                 fork() -> dup_utask()\n                                   hprobe_expire(hprobe, true)\n                                     try_get_uprobe() -> NULL\n                                     get_uprobe(NULL)   <-- Oops\n\nOnly take the extra reference when the uprobe is non-NULL; a NULL means\nit is gone and is the correct value to return."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/events/uprobes.c"],"versions":[{"version":"dd1a7567784e2b1f80258be04f57bcfa82c997eb","lessThan":"3bd35a5e272a1b7a3fb43acad9bdc599281b13fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd1a7567784e2b1f80258be04f57bcfa82c997eb","lessThan":"06c275a6c0a953ef1d763d11a6891fcc69ae2ac0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd1a7567784e2b1f80258be04f57bcfa82c997eb","lessThan":"cc679d7a6303e84d769f2afcde1fc51c51f127cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/events/uprobes.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.44","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.8","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.44"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bd35a5e272a1b7a3fb43acad9bdc599281b13fa"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c275a6c0a953ef1d763d11a6891fcc69ae2ac0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc679d7a6303e84d769f2afcde1fc51c51f127cd"}],"title":"uprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hprobe_expire()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}