Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89925
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150364
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-2026-89925
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 missing release of memory in KVM s390 guest debug handling when successfully processing KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG requests. A local user can repeatedly issue successful KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG requests to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89925
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121ea1de927c8b9bfdf53c31cad27b86d5de0293
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39e7cebb889839b5762c9ad22e2d715b5883b288
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44bf3792c10f4bb3de507391f1837e020d92eaa2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581be9f6085834188cef1ad2f07babf3b421e409
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b1b729a9f90c80b508fc3e2174cbc0ee50859e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5940418e4232a2ff1d30ba12e0d213dbf48f0a83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9071f75cbde3bf46119cb28e92cfbef830c4bf97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc2034c431adcbaabf5f8a01912358f07355349e