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CVE-2026-89501: Linux 6.8
CVE-2026-89501. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00168 (percentile 0.05689), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 8e7b58c27b3c567316a51079b375b846f9223bba to before 8a496aaa3da6e8d545896c2370c7e617cc931ae2, 8e7b58c27b3c567316a51079b375b846f9223bba to before 6fcb0b745a0b80df62eae4a93ce52a2d061f4ac2, 8e7b58c27b3c567316a51079b375b846f9223bba to before bf242baf58de03467f226c8e29554c9495dca7fc, 8e7b58c27b3c567316a51079b375b846f9223bba to before 24974bd0da1b47fd56c975533ead50abf754e74d
Linux
Linux · 6.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00168 · percentile 0.05689 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 10:33:46.008150+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-89501.html