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The ftrace tag on WindowsForum.com covers Linux kernel function tracing, including vulnerabilities and fixes related to ftrace. Discussions include CVE-2026-23217, a deadlock risk on RISC-V systems when ftrace snapshots SBI ecall functions, resolved by preventing ftrace from instrumenting those calls. Another thread addresses a softlockup issue in ftrace_graph_set_hash, fixed by adding cond_resched() to prevent CPU hogging. Additionally, CVE-2022-50266 involves a kprobes cleanup ordering bug where ftrace-backed probes could cause kernel crashes if not properly disarmed. These topics highlight ftrace's role in performance analysis, debugging, and dynamic tracing, along with its security and stability implications.
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    CVE-2026-23217: RISC-V Linux Kernel Ftrace Deadlock Fixed by Build Time Exclusion

    A newly assigned Linux kernel vulnerability, CVE-2026-23217, exposes a subtle but serious deadlock risk on RISC‑V systems when the kernel’s function tracer (ftrace) is configured to snapshot SBI ecall functions — a situation that can hang the entire system. The fix merged into the kernel trees...
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    Linux Kernel ftrace Fix: cond_resched Prevents Softlockups in ftrace_graph_set_hash

    The Linux kernel’s ftrace subsystem received a targeted fix for a responsiveness issue that could turn into a local denial‑of‑service: a missing conditional reschedule inside ftrace_graph_set_hash() allowed long loops to hog the CPU and trigger the kernel’s softlockup watchdog under heavy...
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    CVE-2022-50266: Linux kprobes cleanup ordering fix to prevent DoS

    A subtle ordering bug in the Linux kernel's kprobes cleanup code quietly turned into a denial-of-service risk: CVE-2022-50266 patches a logic error in kill_kprobe so that ftrace-backed probes are properly disarmed before a probe is marked gone, preventing ftrace from referencing invalid probe...
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