Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89811
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150471
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-2026-89811
CWE-ID: CWE-362
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 a race condition in the AMD KFD MES queue management code when evicting or suspending MES queues while DMA descriptors are in flight. A local user can trigger queue eviction or suspension while in-flight DMA descriptors access unmapped memory to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs during SVM page migration.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89811
Install security update from vendor's repository.