CVE-2026-90241

HIGHPre-NVD 8.28.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-17. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 8.2Exploit: 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:

iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure

intel_pasid_setup_sm_context() walks a PCI device’s DMA aliases via pci_for_each_dma_alias() and programs a scalable-mode context entry for each RID. For a device with a dma_alias_mask, the callback is invoked once for the device’s own RID and once for each alias bit, all with the same pci_dev, so device_pasid_table_setup() runs for multiple RIDs.

pci_for_each_dma_alias() stops at the first callback error. Therefore, a failure partway through the walk can leave context entries for already processed RIDs present and still pointing to the device’s PASID table.

On this error path, intel_iommu_probe_device() currently jumps directly to intel_pasid_free_table(), which frees the PASID table without first tearing down those context entries. The IOMMU may then walk a present context entry whose PASID table pointer references freed memory.

intel_iommu_release_device() already performs teardown before freeing the table. Apply the same ordering on the probe failure path.

device_pasid_table_teardown() safely handles RIDs that were never programmed: iommu_context_addr() returns NULL when no context table has been allocated, and clearing the Present bit of an already non-present entry is a no-op. So unwind is safe for both the alias that failed and any aliases not yet reached.

CVSS v3
8.2
EG Score
8.2HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
41
EG Risk 41/100CISA 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
Severity82% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 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
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
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 partial (CVSS below 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 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c509fb73a1093a15accd7d43a61645d4b520f6ac
generic

iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5daf25f754cdc20c18525adb88240ece6fdee9
generic

iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0e978ced7429b516358bb4d41d337214768ae98
generic

iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ac85a9747cd63e1d166ace7b360a2cd9479d9d

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90241(1)

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
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
—
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 26× in last 7d / 70× 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. 2026-10-05 03:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 03:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-04 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-03 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 01:50 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-02 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-10-01 13:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-01 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-01 01:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-30 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-30 00:44 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-30 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-29 12:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-28 23:56 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-28 23:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-28 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-27 23:27 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-27 23:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-27 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-26 22:57 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-26 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-26 10:45 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-26 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-25 22:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-25 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-24 21:30 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-24 21:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-24 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-23 20:41 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-23 20:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-23 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-22 20:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-22 08:02 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-22 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-09-21 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-21 07:38 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-21 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-20 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-20 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-19 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-19 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-19 06:48 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-19 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-18 18:30 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-18 18:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-18 18:03 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.20
  41. 2026-09-18 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-18 17:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.2 · severity → HIGH
  43. 2026-09-17 17:24 UTCNVD update
  44. 2026-09-17 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-09-17 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90241?
CVE-2026-90241 is a high vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure intelpasidsetupsmcontext() walks a PCI device’s DMA aliases via pciforeachdmaalias() and programs a scalable-mode context entry for each RID. For a device with a…
When was CVE-2026-90241 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90241 was first published on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90241 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90241 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90241?
CVE-2026-90241 has a CVSS base score of 8.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90241?
No fix for CVE-2026-90241 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-2026-90241 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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