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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-89972"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-16T10:32:51.701Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:49:17.240Z"
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-2026-89972"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89972.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89972"
title: "nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path\n\nnvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the\nnamespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns-\u003esiblings) but\ndoes not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct.\nMultipath code iterates the head-\u003elist under srcu_read_lock() in\nnvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent\nreader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs.\n\nThe normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls\nsynchronize_srcu(&ns-\u003ehead-\u003esrcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for\nin-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path."
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