CVE-2026-97443

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/ftrace: Fix WARNING in __unregister_ftrace_function perf_ftrace_function_unregister() unconditionally calls unregister_ftrace_function() without checking whether the ftrace_ops was ever successfully registered. This triggers a WARN_ON in __unregister_ftrace_function() when the ops doesn't have FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED set. This can happen during perf_event_alloc() error cleanup when perf_trace_destroy() is called via __free_event() on an event whose ftrace_ops registration failed or was already torn down by perf_try_init_event()'s err_destroy path. The call path is: perf_event_alloc() error cleanup -> __free_event() -> event->destroy() [tp_perf_event_destroy] -> perf_trace_destroy() -> perf_trace_event_close() -> TRACE_REG_PERF_CLOSE -> perf_ftrace_function_unregister() -> unregister_ftrace_function() -> __unregister_ftrace_function() -> WARN_ON(!(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED)) Fix this by checking FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED before attempting to unregister. If the ops is not enabled, just free the filter and return success.

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f845820afaad339341c2ae42bc7fdec175df9ea
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9581123304b23049437324038698af9fb56ee663
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df097713b56ffac5eed32a9be2e7d27ac48d9087

Configurations

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History

24 Sep 2026, 17:17

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Information

Published : 2026-09-24 17:17

Updated : 2026-09-25 13:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-97443

Mitre link : CVE-2026-97443

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-97443

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Products Affected

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CWE

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