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GHSA-9QFH-2FG7-437P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:32

Details

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

nouveau/gem: reserve the bo in the info ioctl around the vma lookup

In the non-uvmm path, there could be a race between the info lookup finding the vma, and the gem close path closing the vma leading to a use-after-free.

Spotted with the help of Opus 4.6.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-09-14T15:32:29Z",
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CVE-2026-89553 (GCVE-0-2026-89553)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:44 – Updated: 2026-09-14 12:00

Title

nouveau/gem: reserve the bo in the info ioctl around the vma lookup

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/gem: reserve the bo in the info ioctl around the vma lookup In the non-uvmm path, there could be a race between the info lookup finding the vma, and the gem close path closing the vma leading to a use-after-free. Spotted with the help of Opus 4.6.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e05c28bd6043d0fd0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/208867763843aa82e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff110e85837d7ecd8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e60466011ac3a6b80…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e17160d41d92823f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: e758a3111914af7ee4351be86f1ac0efe87ed06e , < e05c28bd6043d0fd0bea9c3fc49300a8871a1a81 (git) Affected: e758a3111914af7ee4351be86f1ac0efe87ed06e , < 208867763843aa82efcbe3b771f1b8e6c7aa820a (git) Affected: e758a3111914af7ee4351be86f1ac0efe87ed06e , < ff110e85837d7ecd83f36078107be240ff5ae409 (git) Affected: e758a3111914af7ee4351be86f1ac0efe87ed06e , < e60466011ac3a6b8045e6cc3c2cbb30d58039d2e (git) Affected: e758a3111914af7ee4351be86f1ac0efe87ed06e , < 5e17160d41d92823f3379c1982e1369680c5ce4d (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.1 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.1 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.109 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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