CVE-2026-89972

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-16. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.7%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: 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:

nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path

nvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the namespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings) but does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct. Multipath code iterates the head->list under srcu_read_lock() in nvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent reader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs.

The normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for in-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
49
EG Risk 49/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.7%
EPSS %ILE
50th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact total (CVSS ≥ 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

October 3, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Oct 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef248d5de4469fb6bbaf8dbe0c4c47800080d648
generic

nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d663944dbad81bb0e3635d7090db4713e6300858
generic

nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76023560d60f10b4f808941163aa2975f1631683
generic

nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4735418512ef825176726eaaa8bd6a35f6b46d

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-89972(2)

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

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
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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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (183 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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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 97× in last 7d / 264× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 264 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 07:06 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-05 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-05 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-05 03:10 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-05 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-04 23:14 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-04 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-04 19:18 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-04 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-04 15:21 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-04 15:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-04 11:10 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-04 11:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-04 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-04 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-04 03:19 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-04 03:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-03 23:22 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-03 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-03 19:25 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-03 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-03 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-03 15:30 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-03 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-10-03 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-03 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 08:40 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-03 08:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-03 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-03 00:47 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-03 00:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 20:51 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-02 20:51 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-02 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 16:55 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-02 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-02 12:59 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-02 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-02 09:04 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-02 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-02 05:01 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-02 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-02 01:01 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-02 01:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-10-01 21:02 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-01 21:02 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-01 21:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-10-01 17:07 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-01 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-10-01 12:51 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-01 12:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-10-01 08:56 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-01 08:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-10-01 04:59 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-01 04:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-10-01 00:49 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-01 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-30 20:54 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-30 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-30 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-30 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-30 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-09-30 12:44 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-30 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-30 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-30 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-30 04:50 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-30 04:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-30 00:54 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-30 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-29 19:59 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-29 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-29 16:00 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-29 16:00 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-29 16:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-29 12:05 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-29 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-29 08:09 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-29 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-29 04:09 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-29 04:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-29 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-09-29 00:12 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-29 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-28 20:17 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-28 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-28 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-28 16:21 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-28 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-09-28 12:25 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-28 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-28 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-28 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-28 04:33 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-89972?
CVE-2026-89972 is a critical vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path nvmeallocns() error path at outunlinkns removes ns from the namespace head siblings list with listdelrcu(&ns->siblings) but does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the…
When was CVE-2026-89972 disclosed?
CVE-2026-89972 was first published on September 16, 2026, with the most recent update on October 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-89972 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-89972 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (50th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-89972?
CVE-2026-89972 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-89972?
No fix for CVE-2026-89972 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-2026-89972 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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