Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89961

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Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89961

Published: September 17, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU150327
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-2026-89961
CWE-ID: CWE-682
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect calculation of PFN offsets in vmemmap_populate_compound_pages() when populating compound-page vmemmap mappings. A local user can trigger compound-page vmemmap population to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-89961

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1038.42
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

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