CVE-2026-89503

ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_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: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() is racy with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set, it can allocate a reader page with an outdated order. This isn't a big issue, the user can still re-allocate a new reader page and try again. However, what is more problematic is if the value of subbuf_order changes in the middle of ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(). In that case, bpage->order might not match the actual allocated memory. Use bpage->order for the allocation to prevent this race.

Affected

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

6.8bce761d757452ba5eb77e11fecc37a04b67494e7
Vendor states this is fixed in 2313ff69bd237aad264a5913907f374f958335a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2dc510957fe8fd098ab3c3147ebdf34d00cd2734 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 53106e9262a310ef2c9a9321168c03705940c678 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e743527c5bfdceda1095bc0a9e596e2aebb6a9c3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.112 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (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
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