High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89440
mmc: via-sdmmc: stop card-detect handling on probe failure
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
63400da6cd37a9793c19bb6aed7131b58b975a04 before 5bb5327b92aae17e91c7228953c350a6ee3c94e8; 0959cc1685eb19774300d43ef25e318b457b156b before d045596706d1b25d38af4a79980b017639fea9d1; ba91b413983a9235792523c6b9f7ba2586c4d75d before 806409f12fdb14c9e4c56a64494c9b75f356cd49; e4e46fb61e3bb4628170810d3f2b996b709b90d9 before dde5b9c91e9fc64e54a2f186d3ae95868b4dbb02; e4e46fb61e3bb4628170810d3f2b996b709b90d9 before efe7f25dd27e35063477b4b0e7eed3675669fd99; e4e46fb61e3bb4628170810d3f2b996b709b90d9 before 2550f89589caad7402d618d7dffc038582c94b6b; +16 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89440
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/088eaa92fcebaa6b957ccf9635afdf39643a577d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2550f89589caad7402d618d7dffc038582c94b6b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb5327b92aae17e91c7228953c350a6ee3c94e8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/806409f12fdb14c9e4c56a64494c9b75f356cd49
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2b8a624911999399cc14822fec3e35032b3cee4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d045596706d1b25d38af4a79980b017639fea9d1
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