# CVE-2026-99158: ring-buffer: Fix false warning in ring\_buffer\_map\_get\_reader()

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111910, GHSA-VQ2V-33JV-5CR9
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.59, 7.2.13
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.10.0, fixed in 6.18.59; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix false warning in ring_buffer_map_get_reader() The mmap reader can warn when it catches up with a writer that is still committing events. rb_get_reader_page() returns NULL in this case, but ring_buffer_map_get_reader() treats that result as an error. The initial rb_per_cpu_empty() check filters out an empty buffer, but it does not guarantee that the next reader page has committed data. Writers do not take reader_lock and can advance commit_page before publishing the committed length on the new page. rb_get_reader_page() can swap to that page, catch up with the writer and return NULL. Handle NULL through the existing no-data exit without warning. Remove the caller's reader_page == commit_page check as well, since the reader-page helper already handles that case. The existing metadata update and return path remain in place.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32751946f9b3e502e3d6e42d98b343473112f887
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029770f5badedc0f0ff85fc45e24785cbbee4a67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e6ab180cfb6dfa79652f41ed7899a6d4cf5438
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bab1dba8a0167ef0d819e0f55b6bafa038e87f

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