Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89927
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an integer overflow in the KVM x86 Hyper-V synthetic timer deadline calculation when programming a synthetic timer with a count value close to U64_MAX. A remote attacker can program a synthetic timer with a crafted count value to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Ubuntu
openEuler
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default
kernel-syms
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
kernel
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89927
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.116
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1120.130, 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1119.126, 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1116.122, 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1115.121
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212+fips1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1118.127
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1102.110
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.115
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1113.117, 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.115
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1
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
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default - update to 1-8.3.3
kernel-syms - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
perf - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-337.0.0.238
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca49fbd2883cd53d32d85b50feef17fa04d0fbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3097582b73a8ed1cd6f6790fa78706f4a79b5a49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61954727ee08f026f5e1c9ee69e1b404a68f2f7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a8ba9213cce613455b1502ee0fd178656bf617b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aa467fe757d8cb2278e98d7fbf44fc05eb0dbf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e19ded84336891646b31375720717635f0fdd90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4665762388750e08df99baabe5fce2a21d1423e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb732ebee545b7e3bee7060efc754a8d99818b9
Related Security Bulletins
- Integer overflow in Linux kernel x86 kvm
- Debian update for linux
- openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
- SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-fde
- Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
- Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15 and more