Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89877
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150417
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-2026-89877
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a use-after-free condition.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the saa7164_dev_setup() error path when PCI BAR memory-region allocation fails during device setup. A remote attacker can trigger the affected error path to cause a use-after-free condition.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
openEuler
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default
linux (Debian package)
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
openEuler
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89877
Install security update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
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
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
perf - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
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
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
perf - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-335.0.0.236
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e84c6e2e6753ed238ea097b2842a32a6a6879b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d2048466af9e2c960c5be6dcd317e3b657d268b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69259c627009bf7621010ae9e997dad2dad3339c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77f216f8de6221efb6f6c471bc9e598f1879825b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daa5b32cdf7db81a07ee2a91ce092a363e7754aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc65623524b5bf23baddc6ae688d954fba0d5de2