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Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-99238tracing: Hold trace_types_lock when updating modules in persistent instances

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Hold trace_types_lock when updating modules in persistent instances trace_module_record() walks ftrace_trace_arrays from the module notifier without trace_types_lock. A concurrent rmdir of an instance removes it from the list and frees it under that lock, so a module load or unload can walk into a freed trace_array.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.2.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:26.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99238

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 5f3719f697c3fdfae5cd6805f10ac7a04b0f4e43 – before 57408eac99b0d8a005796346d317d31f0ca4e07a5f3719f697c3fdfae5cd6805f10ac7a04b0f4e43 – before dab2bd4d67ad5eaa95019a9511f8d379401b50215f3719f697c3fdfae5cd6805f10ac7a04b0f4e43 – before 244c442f54601a24c86ad90572bf36fc3df41c5e5f3719f697c3fdfae5cd6805f10ac7a04b0f4e43 – before 66877a312ae3c2c3d849e82e882f642ffd4ec3e2
Linux Linux 6.15

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