CVE-2026-89803

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: unsubscribe the channel-kill event before the fence context nouveau_channel_del() tears the fence context down first and only drops the channel-kill subscription later, in the middle of the nvif object teardown: if (chan->fence) nouveau_fence(chan->cli->drm)->context_del(chan); ... nvif_object_dtor(&chan->vram); nvif_event_dtor(&chan->kill); The subscribed handler is nouveau_channel_killed(), which calls nouveau_channel_kill() and from there nouveau_fence_context_kill() on chan->fence. A kill event delivered in that window takes fctx->lock and walks fctx->pending on a fence context that context_del() has already freed. Nothing reaches this below Fermi today, because the subscription is gated on FERMI_CHANNEL_GPFIFO and nothing kills a channel there. On Fermi and newer the window is real but narrow, since a kill has to land exactly while the channel is being destroyed. That is reason enough on its own, which is why this carries a Fixes: tag. The last patch in this series subscribes Tesla channels as well; nothing kills those today, so it does not widen the exposure now, but it is the groundwork for a recovery path that would, and the ordering is better fixed before that lands than alongside it. Drop the subscription before anything it depends on is torn down.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 16, 2026
First seenSep 16, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linuxee1cfb1acdff3fe3b47de7c536e5c77443c8e74f, 5db663fbff7b88aeeeecaf5220e177e524165101, f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e, f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5, 1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d, 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 ≤ v < ee1cfb1acdff3fe3b47de7c536e5c77443c8e74f, ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 ≤ v < 5db663fbff7b88aeeeecaf5220e177e524165101, ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 ≤ v < f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e, ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 ≤ v < f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5, ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 ≤ v < 1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d, ea13e5abf807ea912ce84eef6a1946b9a38c6508 ≤ v < 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c, 5.6ee1cfb1acdff3fe3b47de7c536e5c77443c8e74f, 5db663fbff7b88aeeeecaf5220e177e524165101, f5a79a9ebfbafb87ca7a896e8d6b5f33a98d097e, f3830fdd6930e233d727f29eee1617f7e6a0e9e5, 1fef7553dc628295c1208a4f2ac2094c62886e5d, 511585987d27d8cb668acebd399fc4deda23404c

Check your version

Choose the product and enter the version you run to see whether it falls in the affected range.

In the Intelligence 360 plan

Attack Surface Management

See the assets tied to your domains, the technologies they run and known vulnerabilities in one list.