CVE-2026-89940

CVE-2026-89940

High · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: buffer: Tie IIO dma fence lock lifetime to the fence

The `iio_dma_fence` implementation currently uses a lock embedded in the

`iio_dmabuf_priv`. But the `iio_dma_fence` can outlive the

`iio_dmabuf_priv`, which can cause a use-after-free.

Tie the lifetime of the lock to the lifetime of the fence by embedding them

in the same struct.

We can't just hold a reference to the `iio_dmabuf_priv` from the

`iio_dma_fence` since `iio_buffer_dmabuf_release()` might sleep and the

fence release callback is not allowed to sleep.

Note that the `dma_fence` framework now has an internal lock that gets used

when the passing `NULL` for `lock` in `dma_fence_init()`, but in order to

allow this patch to be backportable use an external lock.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00159 · 4.6th percentile
Published
2026-09-16T15:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 04:02Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 SEP 10:32Z
    iio: buffer: Tie IIO dma fence lock lifetime to the fence
    cvelistv5