Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-89811)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-89811). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdkfd: Add TLB flush after MES queue eviction/suspension
MES (Micro Engine Scheduler) does not perform heavy-weight TLB
invalidation after unmapping queues, unlike HWS which does this
automatically. This causes a race condition where in-flight DMA
descriptors can access memory that has been unmapped, leading to page
faults and GPU queue hangs during SVM page migration.
The issue manifests as KFDSVMRangeTest.MultiThreadMigrationTest
failures on gfx1151 (Strix Point) with XNACK mode 1 enabled - the GPU
compute queue hangs with packets submitted but never consumed.
Add kfd_flush_tlb() calls after MES queue removal in two locations:
- evict_process_queues_cpsch(): after all queues removed during eviction
- suspend_queues(): after debug/criu queue suspension (with mem_fence barrier)
This ensures all in-flight memory accesses from unmapped queues are
flushed before memory is freed or migrated.
(cherry picked from commit f5c4f88e0f9c45a8fb9dfac0c1df726c95e41b77)
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-89811 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-89811" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-89811 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89811 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com