drm/nouveau/uvmm: fix NULL deref unwinding an OP_MAP_SPARSE op
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau/uvmm: fix NULL deref unwinding an OP_MAP_SPARSE op Each bind_job_op is zeroed by kzalloc_obj() in bind_job_op_from_uop(), and the OP_MAP_SPARSE case in nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_submit() only creates a region, so op->ops stays NULL for a successfully processed sparse map. If a later op in the same job fails, the reverse unwind loop revisits that op and calls drm_gpuva_ops_free(&uvmm->base, op->ops) unconditionally. drm_gpuva_ops_free() dereferences its argument right away (list_for_each_entry_safe on &ops->list), so a NULL op->ops oopses. The path is reachable by any render-node fd holder, since NOUVEAU_VM_BIND is DRM_RENDER_ALLOW. Guard the free with IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), as nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_cleanup() already does for the identical free.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89802
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2hc-j8hj-4mw2
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@d8ec34618e71018fd7a3f73c57c6b92d71a6c7c3 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ec34618e71018fd7a3f73c57c6b92d71a6c7c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf493cf7ed0c2b3df728977a257e0d99b4db1c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7dc03e09313d22a6d230b759de3b05d504c008f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3857238de6bce6c1573e8cb86c37b067e5208f05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412a6ceb56d501ef2f8202e26ab4b5d4dfbca566
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89802 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89802 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c2hc-j8hj-4mw2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89802 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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