Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89567
Published: September 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU149241
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89567
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 improper scan-budget accounting in the jbd2 checkpoint shrinker when scanning checkpoint lists containing mostly busy buffers. A local user can cause a checkpoint transaction to contain mostly busy buffers to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89567
Install security update from vendor's repository.