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CVE-2026-89916: Linux 6.16
CVE-2026-89916. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.3 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00194 (percentile 0.08442), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 4ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd39929 to before d8580e7aa189b0c6c5bb4d94b8352728a7c35bbd, 4ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd39929 to before 11ee3faab4f1755d126bead9f882e75a7a677860, 4ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd39929 to before 2b7324f3a0c1072b9d578b8d42f199506753f26e
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 37.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00194 · percentile 0.08442 · 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-2026-89916.html