CVE-2026-89871

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 4 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: video-i2c: fix kthread error pointer left in kthread_vid_cap on failure

kthread_run() returns an ERR_PTR on failure, not NULL. When start_streaming() fails, data->kthread_vid_cap is left holding this error pointer instead of being cleared.

This causes two subsequent bugs:

  • A future call to start_streaming() sees a non-NULL kthread_vid_cap
and returns 0 (success) immediately, without actually starting the capture thread.
  • A call to stop_streaming() checks 'kthread_vid_cap == NULL' which
is false for an error pointer, and proceeds to call kthread_stop() on the error pointer, leading to a kernel crash.

Fix this by resetting kthread_vid_cap to NULL on failure before jumping to the error path.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
10th
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

References (8)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-89871(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-02 08:06 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-02 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-29 03:59 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-29 03:59 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-29 03:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-25 23:49 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-25 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-22 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-22 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-19 15:32 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-19 15:32 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-19 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 4 more
  1. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-16 11:21 UTCNVD update
  3. 2026-09-16 10:40 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-16 10:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-89871?
CVE-2026-89871 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: video-i2c: fix kthread error pointer left in kthreadvidcap on failure kthreadrun() returns an ERRPTR on failure, not NULL. When startstreaming() fails, data->kthreadvid_cap is left holding this error pointer instead of being…
When was CVE-2026-89871 disclosed?
CVE-2026-89871 was first published on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-89871 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-89871 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (10th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-89871?
No fix for CVE-2026-89871 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-89871 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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