# CVE-2022-48848: tracing/osnoise: Do not unregister events twice

> A double unregister bug in the Linux kernel osnoise tracer causes a kernel warning and potential instability when stopping tracing.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48848, GHSA-6gcc-c84m-wqv4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48848

## What is CVE-2022-48848?

CVE-2022-48848 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing/osnoise: Do not unregister events twice

Nicolas reported that using:

 # trace-cmd record -e all -M 10 -p osnoise --poll

Resulted in the following kernel warning:

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1217 at kernel/tracepoint.c:404 tracepoint_probe_unregister+0x280/0x370
 [...]
 CPU: 0 PID: 1217 Comm: trace-cmd Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6-next-20220307-nico+ #19
 RIP: 0010:tracepoint_probe_unregister+0x280/0x370
 [...]
 CR2: 00007ff919b29497 CR3: 0000000109da4005 CR4: 0000000000170ef0
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  osnoise_workload_stop+0x36/0x90
  tracing_set_tracer+0x108/0x260
  tracing_set_trace_write+0x94/0xd0
  ? __check_object_size.part.0+0x10a/0x150
  ? selinux_file_permission+0x104/0x150
  vfs_write+0xb5/0x290
  ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
  do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
 RIP: 0033:0x7ff919a18127
 [...]
 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The warning complains about an attempt to unregister an
unregistered tracepoint.

This happens on trace-cmd because it first stops tracing, and
then switches the tracer to nop. Which is equivalent to:

  # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
  # echo osnoise > current_tracer
  # echo 0 > tracing_on
  # echo nop > current_tracer

The osnoise tracer stops the workload when no trace instance
is actually collecting data. This can be caused both by
disabling tracing or disabling the tracer itself.

To avoid unregistering events twice, use the existing
trace_osnoise_callback_enabled variable to check if the events
(and the workload) are actually active before trying to
deactivate them.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48848?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48848 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.