Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-45894

 

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-45894

Published: May 28, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU132596
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-45894
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the Intel VT-d scalable mode PASID table entry handling when tearing down an active PASID entry. A local user can trigger concurrent PASID entry teardown to cause a denial of service.

The issue can lead to unpredictable behavior or spurious faults if the IOMMU hardware observes a torn read of the entry.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Real Time Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default-debuginfo
python3-perf
kernel
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-64kb
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-base
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure
kernel-docs
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-extra-modules

How to mitigate CVE-2026-45894

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-318.0.0.221, 6.6.0-145.1.15.153, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1.21.25, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1.150700.17.37.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.15.146

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