# CVE-2026-64028: tracing: Avoid NULL return from hist\_field\_name() on truncation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-07-19

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: from 6.6.141, fixed in 6.6.142; from 6.12.91, fixed in 6.12.92; from 6.18.33, fixed in 6.18.34; from 7.0.10, fixed in 7.0.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Avoid NULL return from hist_field_name() on truncation hist_field_name() returns "" everywhere except the fully-qualified VAR_REF/EXPR case, where snprintf() truncation returns NULL early and bypasses the bottom NULL->"" guard. Callers don't expect NULL: strcat(expr, hist_field_name(field, 0)) at trace_events_hist.c:1758 and the strcmp() in the sort-key match loop at :4804 both deref it. system and event_name are bounded by MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, but the field name on a VAR_REF is kstrdup'd from a histogram variable name parsed out of the trigger string and has no length cap, so a long enough var name in a fully qualified reference can reach the truncation path. Keep the length check but leave field_name as "" on overflow.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f5d42cdc2f167719564693675f1eead81378ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37377b39ff86dacbc533275c1155210d4fd5dc91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0402a1d3ddec565132867337ed44514a09d84728
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e91687643c440ca3997d67646e6f80b92edc6703
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4e99038c1603fa6b329d8ee3e364825e17c353
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6c8b3ebdcdb12b59ad4212acb137cc56cae453d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915c1254fe0788abddc31095b360e9dc98907a34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576ec047d20b368b43c4d5db98c4f2e0f3c101ec

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