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CVE-2026-89972

9.8 critical Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path nvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the namespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings) but does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct. Multipath code iterates the head->list under srcu_read_lock() in nvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent reader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs. The normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for in-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 5

  1. StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:49
  2. References+1 references (now 5)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:20
  3. StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:20
  4. StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 08:55
  5. First seenCVSS 9.8NVD modified 2026-10-19 09:18

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 5