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CVE-2026-89986: Linux 6.9
CVE-2026-89986. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00163 (percentile 0.05162), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · fa3bea4e1f8202d787709b7e3654eb0a99aed758 to before bcb3d0c867ee40dc48e9c085bf328fbc679b6656, fa3bea4e1f8202d787709b7e3654eb0a99aed758 to before 0ceda28f371df9e0bbdaa29214f71fe8298f23d8, fa3bea4e1f8202d787709b7e3654eb0a99aed758 to before 2943f1f4b7f2816177060eb9f551f2e6d8b629ba, fa3bea4e1f8202d787709b7e3654eb0a99aed758 to before 540e583b66d6402bf556fde5e53c817a54c1afe5
Linux
Linux · 6.9
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: called
File: mm/mempolicy.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
- 0.00163 · percentile 0.05162 · 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-2026-89986.html