CVE-2026-89940

iio: buffer: Tie IIO dma fence lock lifetime to the fence

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 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: iio: buffer: Tie IIO dma fence lock lifetime to the fence The `iio_dma_fence` implementation currently uses a lock embedded in the `iio_dmabuf_priv`. But the `iio_dma_fence` can outlive the `iio_dmabuf_priv`, which can cause a use-after-free. Tie the lifetime of the lock to the lifetime of the fence by embedding them in the same struct. We can't just hold a reference to the `iio_dmabuf_priv` from the `iio_dma_fence` since `iio_buffer_dmabuf_release()` might sleep and the fence release callback is not allowed to sleep. Note that the `dma_fence` framework now has an internal lock that gets used when the passing `NULL` for `lock` in `dma_fence_init()`, but in order to allow this patch to be backportable use an external lock.

Affected

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

3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f6.11
Vendor states this is fixed in 510497e31be4f241103507315a859e2085ccb081 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6865d79fca17a80fbd60c12550ca9a5e0e20e0eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b3e221590181a8beb3735bbabf166df02c839b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f25ec4627d935dedfb5fe83bd2c2678cdcc19611 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.5 (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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