CVE-2026-89941 (GCVE-0-2026-89941)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 10:32 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:40
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EPSS
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Title
iio: buffer: Make IIO DMA fence release RCU-safe
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: buffer: Make IIO DMA fence release RCU-safe
The `dma_fence` documentation states that if a custom release
implementation is provided, the `dma_fence` object must be freed in an
RCU-safe way. The current `iio_dma_fence` implementation uses `kfree()`,
which might result in a use-after-free.
Remove the custom `release` implementation. This makes the DMA fence core
fall back to `dma_fence_free()`, which calls `kfree_rcu()` on the fence.
This requires that the fence be the first member of `struct iio_dma_fence`.
Using the default release method for extended DMA fence structures is a
common pattern.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f , < 311595dc0b5621f74d8eb4dc38ef4efcdfe7e769
(git)
Affected: 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f , < 06a9460b8b792e109cbc934a856d02e5cff217ef (git) Affected: 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f , < 11cef99491117d4264603df159c4ff5f3845a059 (git) Affected: 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f , < 8662e56c31cf23b61ca3d11b516efb94c35b8026 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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