Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89998
Published: September 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150286
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89998
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to access invalid memory.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the device-mapper table device list handling when processing concurrent table load ioctls. A local user can issue concurrent table load ioctls, causing one operation to succeed while another fails, to access invalid memory.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89998
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ad6f9ed27f91925d4d3fb7aab50a60d774f998
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ea6e5ad4a5817e91f11b4cc1e022e575ed2e7ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5380c7f6335cc6d77eb77d065105e81155c4d9d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1af1884c960b98c621b6fe2fea1216b78c02152
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1f32ccf8051f4691ced11feb452b9d13561727
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02e35b81176c7d61dd441cc7a2e5c324a82444b