CVE-2026-89500

ring-buffer: Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_data_read_page

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_data_read_page Discarding a cached reader page after a concurrent ring buffer resize uses the new global subbuf_order for the free_pages() call. This mismatched order may crashes the kernel or leaks memory because the cached page was allocated under the old size. Save the actual free_page order alongside the page address to ensure we always refer to the correct value and do not rely on the potentially stalled cpu_buffer->subbuf_order value. The simplest is to make free_page a buffer_data_read_page which already covers exactly what we need: a page address and a page order.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.88e7b58c27b3c567316a51079b375b846f9223bba
Vendor states this is fixed in 7a1fb95de5404134f8758c1295ce88986bdf117c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a1dabe68fb53730bc0be60c5dbfd3f4c560084e7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d787d509bdf6c88c85e095247daf7456cb7fb772 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d8f52dc3c3f1f987d8cf920ccd8d66590870bf3f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.112 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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