CVE-2026-89940
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-89940, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-16

Last updated on: 2026-09-16

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

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.

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Published
2026-09-16
Last Modified
2026-09-16
Generated
2026-10-07
EPSS Evaluated
2026-10-05
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Linux Linux 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f
Linux Linux 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f
Linux Linux 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f
Linux Linux 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f
Linux Linux 6.11

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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