Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89803 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in drm/nouveau: unsubscribe the channel-kill event before the fence context. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 <f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e || >=ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 <f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5 || >=ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 <1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d || >=ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 <511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c | f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e, f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5, 1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d, 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.6 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 16, 2026
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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