Published Sep 17, 2026Sources checked Nov 11, 2026
7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-90227 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.
What to do next
Remediation and response
Microsoft Security Response Center guidance
Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026
Release Notes
Vendor-listed releases
6.6.157.1-1
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-2026-90227?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme/ioctl: check SUBMIT_IO with nvme_cmd_allowed()
Unlike IO_CMD / IO64_CMD, NVME_IOCTL_SUBMIT_IO never calls nvme_cmd_allowed(). Unprivileged callers can thus issue I/O on a partition device or write through a read-only file descriptor.
Pass flags and open_for_write through and reject disallowed commands with -EACCES.