Critical severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-89972
nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path
nvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the
namespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings) but
does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct.
Multipath code iterates the head->list under srcu_read_lock() in
nvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent
reader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs.
The normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls
synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for
in-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
ed754e5deeb17f4e675c84e4b6c640cc7344e498 before 3868476cd39161f18720582df17a1b621e805b5d; ed754e5deeb17f4e675c84e4b6c640cc7344e498 before 0d4735418512ef825176726eaaa8bd6a35f6b46d; ed754e5deeb17f4e675c84e4b6c640cc7344e498 before d663944dbad81bb0e3635d7090db4713e6300858; ed754e5deeb17f4e675c84e4b6c640cc7344e498 before 76023560d60f10b4f808941163aa2975f1631683; ed754e5deeb17f4e675c84e4b6c640cc7344e498 before ef248d5de4469fb6bbaf8dbe0c4c47800080d648; 4.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89972
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3868476cd39161f18720582df17a1b621e805b5d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4735418512ef825176726eaaa8bd6a35f6b46d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d663944dbad81bb0e3635d7090db4713e6300858
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76023560d60f10b4f808941163aa2975f1631683
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef248d5de4469fb6bbaf8dbe0c4c47800080d648
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