Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89447
Published: September 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU149358
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89447
CWE-ID: CWE-772
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 resource release in iommufd_access_notify_unmap() when handling unmap notifications for internal accesses. A local user can trigger unmap handling involving internal accesses to cause a denial of service.
Internal accesses do not have an external unmap callback.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89447
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3