HIGH 7.8 NVD
CVE-2026-89941
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: Make IIO DMA fence release RCU-safe The `dma_fence` documentation states that
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: buffer: Make IIO DMA fence release RCU-safe
The `dma_fence` documentation states that if a custom release
implementation is provided, the `dma_fence` object must be freed in an
RCU-safe way. The current `iio_dma_fence` implementation uses `kfree()`,
which might result in a use-after-free.
Remove the custom `release` implementation. This makes the DMA fence core
fall back to `dma_fence_free()`, which calls `kfree_rcu()` on the fence.
This requires that the fence be the first member of `struct iio_dma_fence`.
Using the default release method for extended DMA fence structures is a
common pattern.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06a9460b8b792e109cbc934a856d02e5cff217ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11cef99491117d4264603df159c4ff5f3845a059
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/311595dc0b5621f74d8eb4dc38ef4efcdfe7e769
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8662e56c31cf23b61ca3d11b516efb94c35b8026
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-09-16 via NVD.
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