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CVE-2026-89803: Linux kernel · drm/nouveau: unsubscribe the channel-kill event before the fence context

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5 : patch Linux kernel soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:30 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5, f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e, 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508, < f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5
Fixed in
  • f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508, < f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e
Fixed in
  • f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508, < 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c
Fixed in
  • 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508, < 5db663fbff7b88aeeeecaf5220e177e524165101
Fixed in
  • 5db663fbff7b88aeeeecaf5220e177e524165101
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508, < 1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d
Fixed in
  • 1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =5.6
Fixed in–

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: unsubscribe the channel-kill event before the fence context nouveau_channel_del() tears the fence context down first and only drops the channel-kill subscription later, in the middle of the nvif object teardown: if (chan->fence) nouveau_fence(chan->cli->drm)->context_del(chan); ... nvif_object_dtor(&chan->vram); nvif_event_dtor(&chan->kill); The subscribed handler is nouveau_channel_killed(), which calls nouveau_channel_kill() and from there nouveau_fence_context_kill() on chan->fence. A kill event delivered in that window takes fctx->lock and walks fctx->pending on a fence context that context_del() has already freed. Nothing reaches this below Fermi today, because the subscription is gated on FERMI_CHANNEL_GPFIFO and nothing kills a channel there. On Fermi and newer the window is real but narrow, since a kill has to land exactly while the channel is being destroyed. That is reason enough on its own, which is why this carries a Fixes: tag. The last patch in this series subscribes Tesla channels as well; nothing kills those today, so it does not widen the exposure now, but it is the groundwork for a recovery path that would, and the ordering is better fixed before that lands than alongside it. Drop the subscription before anything it depends on is torn down.

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