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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-89777" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-16T08:48:17.754Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:52:29.546Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:35.090Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89777" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89777.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89777" title: "vfio/pci: clear vdev-\u003emsi_perm after freeing it on init failure" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvfio/pci: clear vdev-\u003emsi_perm after freeing it on init failure\n\nvfio_msi_cap_len() lazily allocates the per-device MSI permission table:\n\n\tvdev-\u003emsi_perm = kmalloc_obj(struct perm_bits, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);\n\tif (!vdev-\u003emsi_perm)\n\t\treturn -ENOMEM;\n\n\tret = init_pci_cap_msi_perm(vdev-\u003emsi_perm, len, flags);\n\tif (ret) {\n\t\tkfree(vdev-\u003emsi_perm);\n\t\treturn ret;\t\t/* vdev-\u003emsi_perm left dangling */\n\t}\n\nWhen init_pci_cap_msi_perm() -\u003e alloc_perm_bits() fails with -ENOMEM, the\nerror path frees vdev-\u003emsi_perm but leaves the freed pointer stored in\nit. vdev-\u003emsi_perm is not re-zeroed later because struct\nvfio_pci_core_device is per-device and persists across open/close cycles,\nand the vfio_config_init() error path returns without calling\nvfio_config_free(). So the dangling pointer outlives the failed open.\n\nThat leads to two use-after-frees on the same device:\n\n1. Reuse. The next vfio_config_init() sees the stale pointer at\n \"if (vdev-\u003emsi_perm) return len;\" and reuses the freed object. MSI\n config accesses in vfio_pci_config_rw_single() then dereference and\n call the freed perm-\u003ereadfn / perm-\u003ewritefn function pointers.\n\n2. Double free. A later vfio_config_free() runs free_perm_bits() and\n kfree() on the already-freed object.\n\nFix it by NULLing vdev-\u003emsi_perm after the kfree(), matching the\nNULL-after-free discipline already used in free_perm_bits() and\nvfio_config_free().\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vfio_pci_config_rw_single (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c:1961)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800fcc88d0 by task exploit/143\n Call Trace:\n ...\n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)\n vfio_pci_config_rw_single (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c:1961)\n vfio_pci_config_rw (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c:1986)\n vfio_pci_rw (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c:1599)\n vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572)\n __x64_sys_pread64 (fs/read_write.c:764)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\n ...\n\nFollowed on device close by a double free of the same object:\n\n Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n 0x1f63e0e8000008: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:kfree (mm/slub.c:6711)\n Call Trace:\n vfio_config_free (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c:1861)\n vfio_pci_core_disable (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c:685)\n vfio_pci_core_close_device (drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c:777)\n vfio_df_close (drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c:602)\n vfio_device_fops_release (drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c:648)\n __fput (fs/file_table.c:512)\n __x64_sys_close (fs/open.c:1496)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\n ...\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"eb84cd81040e58dd05ac190f561f2115e3367249"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f0eea8f9013676b42289ec35941e848b8a543e19"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d665a1688af7f8fefd7c0eb04f2a37122ce007f4"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"25cdd2a492d868cff1e519a60fe282909c52d385"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"812f1db7f0755a19ef16ecdc5cec51bcabc5eda5"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"533d0c5feef85ee6404b9f41d5564fac6971a008"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fda8fb7e8179561693a786a7af593f6b944a21c1"},{"version":"30ea32ab1951c80c6113f300fce2c70cd12659e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dc77acfeb979dded39b247b60fef0399536bfa77"},{"version":"ac370e3d1f3b01519d2705cd5815d1c9d0a8812b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"be363e27ec3c3a99793da2be6c07eafb95709c6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f1b10ba5739440ca51d66f0b2949cead88d2dd02","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dde3433de9a067a33d67d65b9093cad3e043e49e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.4.203","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.5"},{"version":"4.9.203","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.10"},{"version":"4.14.155","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.19.85","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.20","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"},{"version":"5.10.270","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.221","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.188","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.157","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.110","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.52","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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