Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-89499
ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails The remote swap_reader_page callback can return -EBUSY when the writer moves the head before the remote catches it, particularly during an event storm on a small buffer. __rb_get_reader_page_from_remote() currently warns about that failure but continues with the unchanged reader ID and rearranges the local page list as though the swap succeeded. Handle the callback failure as a recoverable error. Report it with pr_warn_ratelimited() and return NULL. Callers already handle a NULL reader page as a failed attempt. This avoids splicing the same page as both the previous and new reader without flooding the log under contention.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 7.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 2e67fabd8b77c4f482df9b211bca1b495c6c2c24 ≤ v < a14a97048e48471e283d76879b83d2ae323e0722 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 2e67fabd8b77c4f482df9b211bca1b495c6c2c24 ≤ v < 5eab74874d11160725c42ab676ba97a797a362eb | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
2Details
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- Last updated
- 2026-10-19
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
Weaknesses (CWE)
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