Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98515)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98515). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/nouveau: fix double-free in nvif_vmm_dtor
On failure, nouveau_cli_init() calls nouveau_cli_fini() to tear
the client down. Then, nouveau_drm_open() also enters into its
cleanup path and calls nouveau_cli_fini() AGAIN. nouveau_cli_fini()
calls nouveau_vmm_fini():
void
nouveau_vmm_fini(struct nouveau_vmm *vmm)
{
nouveau_svmm_fini(&vmm->svmm);
nvif_vmm_dtor(&vmm->vmm);
vmm->cli = NULL;
}
Inside nvif_vmm_dtor(), vmm->page is freed unconditionally:
void
nvif_vmm_dtor(struct nvif_vmm *vmm)
{
kfree(vmm->page);
nvif_object_dtor(&vmm->object);
}
vmm->page is never cleared after being freed, so the second call of
nvif_vmm_dtor() will cause a double-free.
Found by fuzzing the nouveau driver with a modified Syzkaller:
BUG: KASAN: double-free in nvif_vmm_dtor+0x31/0x50 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/vmm.c:194
Free of addr ffff888010fcdc30 by task syz.0.173/2567
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2567 Comm: syz.0.173 Not tainted 7.2.0 #24 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x95/0xe0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xcb/0x5a0 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report_invalid_free+0xaa/0xd0 mm/kasan/report.c:557
check_slab_allocation+0xe4/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:235
kasan_slab_pre_free include/linux/kasan.h:199…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98515 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-98515" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98515 (Linux kernel)
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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98515 linux Fixed in: 6.1.190-1
References
- web git.kernel.org
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- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com