Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93140
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger a spurious kernel warning.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of an exceptional I/O condition in the UDF Logical Volume Integrity Descriptor buffer when marking the buffer dirty after a write I/O error. A local user can remount the filesystem read-write or synchronize it to trigger a spurious kernel warning.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
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)
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93140
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
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 (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
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11afe1912140f79d5af3091a54b181ef72fce1a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359cea636f4a74a96c01a8050f155e12840c079a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8034ddf4751d9143c5ef7eebe3d4f33218fdd378
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c4e38b356ad4c1f90478124922917489137c08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4058355d27488a3cd31c60c032335f77c4fdcfc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6461ef34f91ad7dbffdf912b3d661a7dd892931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee477e5204f764444e60699280abf5936c2a6ae6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb0601134c7e51728bd098abc6909315de1e5d86
Related Security Bulletins
- Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel udf
- Debian update for linux
- 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