CVE-2026-89576 json
dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure
published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-76488
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure
metadata_take_snap() bumps the live superblock refcount and then dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block for the metadata snapshot. If the subsequent dm_sm_inc_block() of writeset_tree_root or era_array_root fails, the function only unlocks the clone and returns. The newly allocated shadow block is never returned to the metadata space map, so each failed take-snap permanently leaks one metadata block.
Free the clone with dm_sm_dec_block() on those error paths, matching the final step of metadata_drop_snap().
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89576
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89576
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.6-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11805-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/54dd21ca945ecc07885012b9f3e8197f091cfba0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef00efb6fcaee88f50891279ceced17c614e97f7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9fa68b89214bc65af0ef963af7ec3cce9f866e0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc731d7fddfd6149f5e88ea080475d18c36d3c64 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66ceeefb87ddb097b0546bafc581380b816b048 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ff918637e3517f732188a3c39dbeae5b9cfb1b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6876ca330e741fb8886d12070cb6a7f9cb67257e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c5aa3bd8ec3912d2cd0b3fe092642b0d2b0713 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-89576 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/54dd21ca945ecc07885012b9f3e8197f091cfba0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ef00efb6fcaee88f50891279ceced17c614e97f7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e9fa68b89214bc65af0ef963af7ec3cce9f866e0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/dc731d7fddfd6149f5e88ea080475d18c36d3c64
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d66ceeefb87ddb097b0546bafc581380b816b048
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/36ff918637e3517f732188a3c39dbeae5b9cfb1b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6876ca330e741fb8886d12070cb6a7f9cb67257e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/39c5aa3bd8ec3912d2cd0b3fe092642b0d2b0713
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-89576
- NVD CVE-2026-89576
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