published August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
uprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hprobe_expire()
Forking a task that has a pending uretprobe can oops the kernel with a
NULL pointer dereference in the clone() path:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:hprobe_expire
CR2: 0000000000000018
Call Trace:
uprobe_copy_process
copy_process
kernel_clone
__x64_sys_clone
do_syscall_64
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
This was found on real hosts on Meta fleet.
I've got the impression that this is what is happening:
CPU 1 CPU 2 (traced task)
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hit uprobe, prepare_uretprobe():
hprobe LEASED, refcount >= 1
uprobe_unregister()
put_uprobe(): refcount -> 0
fork() -> dup_utask()
hprobe_expire(hprobe, true)
try_get_uprobe() -> NULL
get_uprobe(NULL) <-- Oops
Only take the extra reference when the uprobe is non-NULL; a NULL means
it is gone and is the correct value to return.