Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89870
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150410
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-2026-89870
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause memory corruption.
The vulnerability exists due to a double free in zoran_exit_video_devices() when unregistering a registered video device during device teardown. A local user can trigger device teardown to cause memory corruption.
Affected software
Linux kernel
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
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-man
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-syms
linux (Debian package)
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
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-man
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-syms
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89870
Install security update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
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
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default - update to 1-8.3.3
kernel-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - 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-syms - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
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
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default - update to 1-8.3.3
kernel-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - 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-syms - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0735e0b5a96761a9ce277a238e834008ad92a0a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad6cf27505017a6794f5f96c31218c2291e951b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d99d8d0d895489064783601a516bd45812fa992
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672dbccf4351370dad002d3c78dbb29ca1588f22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4acac8cdc005b2d14b6cef5e215d264212857f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c4f3885df1f09bcab5296d86834d104f865e86