CVE-2026-89553: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/gem: reserve the bo in the info ioctl around the vma lookup In the non-uvmm path, there could be a race between the info lookup finding the vma, and the gem close path closing the vma leading to a use-after-free. Spotted with the help of Opus 4.6.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 3.1, before 6.6.157 (fixed in 6.6.157); from 6.7, before 6.12.109 (fixed in 6.12.109); from 6.13, before 6.18.50 (fixed in 6.18.50); from 6.19, before 7.2.4 (fixed in 7.2.4)

Published 2026-09-11. Last modified 2026-09-14.