CVE-2026-89570

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/mce: Make the MCE notifier per-region Flavien Solt reported lifetime issues with the CXL MCE notifier, which can lead to NULL dereferences and use-after-free in the MCE handler. The notifier was registered per memory device and stored in 'struct cxl_memdev_state', even though it only needs the region state (the region's SPA range and its extended linear cache size). Instead of keeping the memory device and endpoint alive, the correct fix is to move the notifier into 'struct cxl_region' and register it from cxl_region_probe() as it should be a per-region notifier. Setup the registration to only happen for regions that have an extended linear cache as that is the only current usage. Remove cxl_port_get_spa_cache_alias() as it is now dead code. [ dj: Update dev_warn() when notifier fails due to kconfig. (Ben) ]

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/491d8c9ac98d55073bda778f88a5248d4cce3fa0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5563db13c9528a56c7161260ec75ec8690dc5608
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775d0f4558f4cec0ee0c8966595d1add1791f36e

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-09-11 20:19

Updated : 2026-09-13 07:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-89570

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89570

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89570

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CWE

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