Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89440
Published: September 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU149367
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89440
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free in the via-sdmmc card-detect interrupt handler and carddet_work when handling a card-detect interrupt after mmc_add_host() fails. A local user can trigger card-detect interrupt handling against a freed host object to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89440
Install security update from vendor's repository.