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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: tracing: Do not call map->ops->elt_free() if elt_alloc() fails", "id": "2502530", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502530"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-1341", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An issue in the tracing subsystem's memory management could lead to incorrect deallocation of tracing map elements. Specifically, the system attempts to free memory that was never successfully allocated, which can result in memory corruption. This vulnerability may lead to system instability or a denial of service (DoS) condition."], "name": "CVE-2026-64173", "public_date": "2026-07-19T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64173\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64173\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071936-CVE-2026-64173-6ece@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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