CVE-2026-89972
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path nvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the namespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings) but does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct. Multipath code iterates the head->list under srcu_read_lock() in nvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent reader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs. The normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for in-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4735418512ef825176726eaaa8bd6a35f6b46d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3868476cd39161f18720582df17a1b621e805b5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76023560d60f10b4f808941163aa2975f1631683
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d663944dbad81bb0e3635d7090db4713e6300858
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef248d5de4469fb6bbaf8dbe0c4c47800080d648