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CVE-2026-93196: nvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)

  • 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: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 41b2025709ec104a07d15540399809ae5851246e, 4691c137e9cbe76137d730a26d663d900ac7279b, 71ac70fc7f95963eca9d1145a9b02b8fe149eb4f.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 41b2025709ec104a07d15540399809ae5851246e, 4691c137e9cbe76137d730a26d663d900ac7279b, 71ac70fc7f95963eca9d1145a9b02b8fe149eb4f or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime KASAN reports slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common(): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810fdcb710 by task swapper/0/0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.19.0-next-20260220-00006-g1eae5f204ec3 #4 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x6d/0xb0 print_report+0x170/0x4e2 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x1dc/0x380 kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0 ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160 ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160 __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 __wake_up+0x36/0x60 virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x11d/0x3b0 ? sched_balance_domains+0x29f/0xb00 ? __pfx_virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x10/0x10 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x98/0x100 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 vring_interrupt+0x1c9/0x5e0 ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10 vp_vring_interrupt+0x87/0x100 ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x17f/0x550 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 handle_irq_event+0xab/0x1c0 handle_fasteoi_irq+0x276/0xae0 __common_interrupt+0x65/0x130 common_interrupt+0x78/0xa0 </IRQ> virtio_pmem_host_ack() wakes a request that has already been freed by the submitter. This happens when the request token is still reachable via the virtqueue, but virtio_pmem_flush() returns and frees it. Fix the token lifetime by refcounting struct virtio_pmem_request. virtio_pmem_flush() holds a submitter reference, and the virtqueue holds an extra reference once the request is queued. The completion path drops the virtqueue reference, and the submitter drops its reference before returning.

HighCVSS 8.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile
CWE
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33

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
33 / 40 · 8.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 5.3affected
    • 6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 and later · before 71ac70fc7f95963eca9d1145a9b02b8fe149eb4faffected · git
    • 6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 and later · before 41b2025709ec104a07d15540399809ae5851246eaffected · git
    • 6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 and later · before 4691c137e9cbe76137d730a26d663d900ac7279baffected · git
    • 6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 and later · before be072a5d5e35f4bdf2da22f600b5d6dc6c5ff491affected · git
    • 6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 and later · before b1e740b9156621afd4c4aa66257f4dde8df1febeaffected · git
    • 6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70 and later · before e57140944b5a47a7fd5a142faab29a02af040bc8affected · git
    • before 5.3not affected · semver
    • 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxfrom 0—
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.113-1~deb12u16.12.113-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.113-16.12.113-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.6-17.2.6-1

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  • Later →CVE-2026-93197Sep 17, 2026 · memcg: move LRU size accounting on reparenting instead of copying it
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux41b2025709ec104a07d15540399809ae5851246eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4691c137e9cbe76137d730a26d663d900ac7279bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux71ac70fc7f95963eca9d1145a9b02b8fe149eb4fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb1e740b9156621afd4c4aa66257f4dde8df1febeVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbe072a5d5e35f4bdf2da22f600b5d6dc6c5ff491Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe57140944b5a47a7fd5a142faab29a02af040bc8Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.113-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux7.2.6-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.113-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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