media: cec: Serialize exclusive follower delivery
Priority LOW 33Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cec: Serialize exclusive follower delivery cec_receive_notify() reads the exclusive follower pointer without the adapter lock. Serialize the no-follower check and message delivery against mode changes and release.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00307 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 +5Red Hat: 5 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 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 8 | 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: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89897
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qrqc-48r2-97g7
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc829b4b937f98c4467bffe9243f756b7cfbf7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac577854826950dda4d53569728b1da6c1425d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b532b271c91790b7ab661cd488a7ad36f5c4f6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271e57a936dcdbaecb4b1bd005d9a285bbe60ab4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df941e6851da17fc53c7f6af2bdcc7383d17babc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c62095acc2a952099688774513c4a637bcdb2b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae614f48712156fb0f55b207338d48d422c58bc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1924d0788caa6c66fd320dd4704fae99487fd2c7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89897 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89897 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qrqc-48r2-97g7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89897 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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