Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89946

 

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89946

Published: September 19, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU151435
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89946
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause incorrect processing of amplifier fault release paths.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the cs35l33 codec driver's runtime suspend and threaded IRQ handling when a threaded IRQ handler executes after runtime suspend has disabled live register access. A local user can cause a threaded IRQ handler to execute during runtime suspend to cause incorrect processing of amplifier fault release paths.

Critical fault IRQs must remain unmasked during runtime power management.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
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-default
kernel-64kb
linux (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-89946

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-202.212, 7.0.0-42.42
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.116
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1119.126, 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1120.130, 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1116.122, 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1115.121
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212+fips1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1118.127
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.115
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1102.110
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1113.117, 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1
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-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.115
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1
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
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-default - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

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