Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89825
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the Panthor firmware control interface initialization routines when calculating control-interface offsets from firmware-provided strides. A local user can cause offset calculations to wrap and map invalid firmware control interfaces to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
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-2026-89825
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