dma-direct: return struct page from dma_direct_alloc_from_pool()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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: dma-direct: return struct page from dma_direct_alloc_from_pool() Commit 5b138c534fda ("dma-direct: factor out a dma_direct_alloc_from_pool helper") changed dma_direct_alloc_from_pool() to return the CPU address from dma_alloc_from_pool(). That fits dma_direct_alloc(), but dma_direct_alloc_pages() also uses the helper and expects a struct page *. Fix this by making dma_direct_alloc_from_pool() return the struct page * again, and pass the CPU address back through an out-parameter for the dma_direct_alloc() caller.
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 6.1.191, 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 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-2026-89995
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-36w9-6524-pc79
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@7801e616fbe3661f9471b2e9bfcb1ed35460bf16 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-25 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1ca96bbfef42bbfb139cc6eb1d940c8ca9046f95, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ca96bbfef42bbfb139cc6eb1d940c8ca9046f95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7801e616fbe3661f9471b2e9bfcb1ed35460bf16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3fdb94da43ff23287f85664174c45c45e881a3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408ff2d5bf555bd3f4c84a2edb95c0690bf9edc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feeb2ef775081a6c188cdd10e7a45369a07ce531
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94a04ad732c9f8b9554270fc4038a06737de5c22
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89995 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89995 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-36w9-6524-pc79 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89995 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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