CVE-2026-89873: Linux 7.0

CVE-2026-89873. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00165 (percentile 0.0535), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Linux · c9a59dc2acc72789d5c778af080d1e65af84862c to before 30f85a7c59113a8844b276efc010085a34f912e9, c9a59dc2acc72789d5c778af080d1e65af84862c to before 796b5c6d4f1615d59d5d8fe5a38fae6bfdfe878e
Linux

Linux · 7.0
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.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.

Published 19-Oct-2026 10:36 UTC

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: 0.00165 · percentile 0.0535 · 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-2026-89873.html