CVE-2026-89441: Linux kernel · mmc: via-sdmmc: cancel card-detect work on remove
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in f7ff3027ef004a331ef911a4886f12bc2e996037 : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Total control over the software or total information disclosure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in f7ff3027ef004a331ef911a4886f12bc2e996037, eaca730c6f5e3609df62a0469fb789235a93d276, 57e5d877f898d5e5c9d672a77bb6bdd24f0d9bf5 +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: via-sdmmc: cancel card-detect work on remove Disabling the device interrupt and freeing the IRQ prevents new card-detect work from being queued, but carddet_work already queued by the handler can still run after via_sd_remove() returns. via_sdc_card_detect() recovers the host through container_of() and dereferences its MMIO base; once remove() returns the host can be freed, so that work would touch freed memory. Cancel carddet_work after freeing the IRQ and before cancelling finish_bh_work, which the card-detect handler can also queue. carddet_work can re-enable the interrupt through via_reset_pcictrl(); mask it again afterwards. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool and confirmed by manual code review.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d71c70f11d9f92c7d2653774001e98cb509deb (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3c70191868fb007c03ff79693ad4e4b3fdcbb8 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ff3027ef004a331ef911a4886f12bc2e996037 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaca730c6f5e3609df62a0469fb789235a93d276 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/57e5d877f898d5e5c9d672a77bb6bdd24f0d9bf5 (opens in a new tab)