CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-89452

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the iommu/msm driver's msm_iommu_probe() adds its devm-managed IOMMU object to qcom_iommu_devices before adding the IOMMU sysfs device and registering it with the IOMMU core. If iommu_device_sysfs_add() or iommu_device_register() fails, the object remains on qcom_iommu_devices while the driver core releases the devm allocation, leaving a dangling list entry that later list walks may dereference.

Risk Assessment

A dangling list entry may be dereferenced during later list walks, leading to a use-after-free and kernel panic.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that unwinds the sysfs device and global list entry in reverse setup order on the corresponding failure paths.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/msm: Unwind probe state on registration failure msm_iommu_probe() adds its devm-managed IOMMU object to qcom_iommu_devices before adding the IOMMU sysfs device and registering it with the IOMMU core. If iommu_device_sysfs_add() fails, probe returns with the object still on qcom_iommu_devices. The driver core then releases the devm allocation, leaving a dangling list entry that later list walks may dereference. If iommu_device_register() fails, the same dangling list entry remains and the sysfs device is left registered as well. Unwind the sysfs device and global list entry in reverse setup order on the corresponding failure paths.

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