Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-99163
tracing/histograms: Reject non-stacktrace fields for synthetic stacktrace fields
New
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CVSS
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EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing/histograms: Reject non-stacktrace fields for synthetic stacktrace fields
In check_synth_field(), when a synthetic event field is a stacktrace
(field->is_stack) and the histogram field is not a "long[" stacktrace
array, validation falls through to the generic size and signedness
comparison.
Because parse_synth_field() sets a stacktrace field's type to
"__data_loc unsigned long[]", its size is sizeof(u64) and
synth_field_signed() marks it as signed. Consequently, any 8-byte
signed scalar histogram field passes the fallback check, and its scalar
value is subsequently dereferenced as a kernel stacktrace pointer in
get_field_size() and trace_stack().
Furthermore, checking strstr(hist_field->type, "long[") is insufficient
because tracepoint fields defined with __bitmask() or __rel_bitmask()
also have type "__data_loc unsigned long[]" or "__rel_loc unsigned
long[]", whilst create_hist_field() treats them as 4-byte scalar values
without HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE.
Propagate HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE to variable references and field
variables (whilst excluding variable aliases from per-element
stacktrace capture), and reject any mismatch between
HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE and field->is_stack in check_synth_field().
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
00cf3d672a9dd409418647e9f98784c339c3ff63 before 1f36e4ddd05d540f363dbaa4c23042549f15b3ef; 00cf3d672a9dd409418647e9f98784c339c3ff63 before deb336ae7c7b341591a6862cf6fcfeca97c77dfd; 00cf3d672a9dd409418647e9f98784c339c3ff63 before a244c241593b5b38a08f0df2cb43c26574efbdcb; b9453380c1c542fd095a4dbe9251eeba4022bbce; 5f52389bdd9eafb63b3a2f804e02aeb17b6a5f55; f3baa42afeea0d5f04ad31525e861199d02210cc; +4 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99163
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99163
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f36e4ddd05d540f363dbaa4c23042549f15b3ef
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb336ae7c7b341591a6862cf6fcfeca97c77dfd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a244c241593b5b38a08f0df2cb43c26574efbdcb
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