Bug 2532017 (CVE-2026-89503) - CVE-2026-89503 kernel: ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_read_page()
Summary: CVE-2026-89503 kernel: ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_a...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89503
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 20:00 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-14 07:59 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 20:00:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_read_page()

ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() is racy with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set,
it can allocate a reader page with an outdated order. This isn't a big
issue, the user can still re-allocate a new reader page and try again.

However, what is more problematic is if the value of subbuf_order
changes in the middle of ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(). In that case,
bpage->order might not match the actual allocated memory.

Use bpage->order for the allocation to prevent this race.


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