CVE-2026-89941

iio: buffer: Make IIO DMA fence release RCU-safe

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: Make IIO DMA fence release RCU-safe The `dma_fence` documentation states that if a custom release implementation is provided, the `dma_fence` object must be freed in an RCU-safe way. The current `iio_dma_fence` implementation uses `kfree()`, which might result in a use-after-free. Remove the custom `release` implementation. This makes the DMA fence core fall back to `dma_fence_free()`, which calls `kfree_rcu()` on the fence. This requires that the fence be the first member of `struct iio_dma_fence`. Using the default release method for extended DMA fence structures is a common pattern.

Affected

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

3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f6.11
Vendor states this is fixed in 06a9460b8b792e109cbc934a856d02e5cff217ef (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 11cef99491117d4264603df159c4ff5f3845a059 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 311595dc0b5621f74d8eb4dc38ef4efcdfe7e769 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8662e56c31cf23b61ca3d11b516efb94c35b8026 (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
Vector?

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