dm: fix race when loading and unloading a table
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 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: dm: fix race when loading and unloading a table If the userspace calls two concurrent table load ioctls and one of them succeeds and the other fails, there is a race condition because dm_setup_md_queue walks &md->table_devices without any lock. If the walk races with dm_table_destroy -> free_devices -> dm_put_table_device, there is access to invalid memory. Fix this race by extending the lock over the list walk.
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 6.1.188, 6.1
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | 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 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89998
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qxqq-x3cw-322m
- 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 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02e35b81176c7d61dd441cc7a2e5c324a82444b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ea6e5ad4a5817e91f11b4cc1e022e575ed2e7ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1af1884c960b98c621b6fe2fea1216b78c02152
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1f32ccf8051f4691ced11feb452b9d13561727
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ad6f9ed27f91925d4d3fb7aab50a60d774f998
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5380c7f6335cc6d77eb77d065105e81155c4d9d3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89998 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89998 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qxqq-x3cw-322m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89998 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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