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CVE-2026-89449· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

iommu: Fix dev_iommu memory leak when device_add fails in iommu_mock_device_add

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Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 6.18, b7b0b3851474883d4aba6ed72da87141204b23e5, eaf44262af24810d16800b988c92dfce90f73370.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 6.18, b7b0b3851474883d4aba6ed72da87141204b23e5, eaf44262af24810d16800b988c92dfce90f73370 or later.

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Fix dev_iommu memory leak when device_add fails in iommu_mock_device_add iommu_mock_device_add() first calls iommu_fwspec_init(), which on success allocates both dev->iommu (via dev_iommu_get()) and dev->iommu->fwspec. If the subsequent device_add(dev) call fails, the error path only calls iommu_fwspec_free(dev), which frees fwspec but leaves dev->iommu still allocated. This triggers the following kmemleak report when fuzzing with Syzkaller: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888011e0a200 (size 192): comm "syz.1.1695", pid 24885, jiffies 4295222527 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de .............N.. ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ backtrace (crc 25df5bb3): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4575 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4899 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x47a/0x710 mm/slub.c:5415 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline] dev_iommu_get+0x10c/0x1a0 drivers/iommu/iommu.c:408 iommu_fwspec_init+0x288/0x4d0 drivers/iommu/iommu.c:3087 iommu_mock_device_add+0x46/0xb0 drivers/iommu/iommu.c:385 mock_dev_create drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c:1025 [inline] iommufd_test_mock_domain drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c:1066 [inline] iommufd_test+0x2f8a/0x6190 drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c:2072 iommufd_fops_ioctl+0x367/0x540 drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c:533 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Fix this by calling dev_iommu_free(dev) instead of iommu_fwspec_free(dev) in the device_add() failure path. dev_iommu_free() frees both fwspec and the outer dev_iommu struct and clears dev->iommu.

—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE
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0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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    • 1daf67217b0d0bf88ef7208d7fbeefe2378c6590, 6.18affected
    • 2a918911ed3d0841923525ed0fe707762ee78844 and later · before f80f3acb69164800051ecdee871b6b006cbc2e66affected · git
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    • 6.17.3 and later · before 6.18affected · semver
    • before 6.18not affected · semver
    • 6.18.50 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 7.2.4 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
    • 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.6-17.2.6-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedkernel-sourcebefore 7.2.7-1.17.2.7-1.1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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    0Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-89448Sep 11, 2026 · iommu/vt-d: Force requesting ACS when tboot is enabled
    37Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-89450Sep 11, 2026 · iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Reject a vSID wider than the SID_MATCH field
    35Monitor

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux6.18Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb7b0b3851474883d4aba6ed72da87141204b23e5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxeaf44262af24810d16800b988c92dfce90f73370Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf80f3acb69164800051ecdee871b6b006cbc2e66Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux7.2.6-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:kernel-source7.2.7-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

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