CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-89440

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the mmc via-sdmmc driver registers and enables the card-detect interrupt before mmc_add_host(); if mmc_add_host() fails, the interrupt stays registered and runs against the freed host, causing a use-after-free. The fix adds a probe-error path that disables and frees the interrupt and cancels carddet_work.

Risk Assessment

A use-after-free in the MMC driver can cause kernel crashes or potential privilege escalation. Affects systems with via-sdmmc controllers.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix. Monitor logs for via-sdmmc driver probe errors.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: via-sdmmc: stop card-detect handling on probe failure request_irq() registers the SD card-detect interrupt and the probe enables it before mmc_add_host() runs. If mmc_add_host() fails, the error path only unmaps the registers and returns: the interrupt stays registered, so the handler keeps running against the host once it is freed. via_sdc_isr() dereferences sdhost and its MMIO base and schedules carddet_work, which via_sdc_card_detect() also runs against freed memory through its container_of() dereference. Add a probe-error path that disables and frees the interrupt and cancels carddet_work before unmapping. carddet_work can re-enable the device interrupt via via_reset_pcictrl(), which restores PCIINTCTRL, so mask it again after cancelling the work. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool and confirmed by manual code review.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS