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CVE-2026-89940: Linux 6.11
CVE-2026-89940. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00159 (percentile 0.04569), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f to before 6865d79fca17a80fbd60c12550ca9a5e0e20e0eb, 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f to before 510497e31be4f241103507315a859e2085ccb081, 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f to before 8b3e221590181a8beb3735bbabf166df02c839b5, 3e26d9f08fbe0b73e951a5e810fdb7a332b7e37f to before f25ec4627d935dedfb5fe83bd2c2678cdcc19611
Linux
Linux · 6.11
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
A local attacker with low privileges could trigger a use-after-free error. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not state a further attacker outcome.
- 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
- 0.00159 · percentile 0.04569 · 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-2026-89940.html