CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-89442

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 11, 2026Sources checked Nov 3, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-89442 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-89442?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: ISST: Validate socket ID in clos_assoc ioctl

isst_if_clos_assoc() validates the user-supplied socket_id with 'socket_id > topology_max_packages()', but isst_common.sst_inst[] is allocated with topology_max_packages() entries, so the valid index range is [0, topology_max_packages()). The '>' comparison lets socket_id == topology_max_packages() pass and index one entry past the array.

In addition, isst_common.sst_inst[socket_id] is NULL for an in-range package that has no bound TPMI SST instance, and the pointer is used without a NULL check. Both the out-of-bounds entry and the NULL pointer are then dereferenced by map_partition_power_domain_id() and the following power_domain_info access.

Reject socket_id >= topology_max_packages() and a NULL sst_inst, matching the checks already performed by get_instance().

Source: NVD