CVE-2026-89796 (GCVE-0-2026-89796)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 10:30 – Updated: 2026-10-19 08:52| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
1e865019cef354a5f0314491b4b4fc9f9a613642 , < 407da1dd7f48e5ba22ceb8834f6923390632d025
(git)
Affected: d7eda72e59bbf3ed592db7ff0fd8c246c73149a8 , < 65edd8b3a88278c9f8e5c7d8c15d4f296ce35078 (git) Affected: 11078e2d11465518a9e85096bd28f8cd5fa1ea41 , < 5b0953f86d65855dc901050f40bbe6da0475d198 (git) Affected: 310d6c15e9104c99d5d9d0ff8e5383a79da7d5e6 , < 769c16699c89811386eb003c8fd9dcb8d405b316 (git) Affected: 310d6c15e9104c99d5d9d0ff8e5383a79da7d5e6 , < 50a7a5aec1aa43efc297fd4377c1cbdc7d15620d (git) Affected: 310d6c15e9104c99d5d9d0ff8e5383a79da7d5e6 , < 8a96a06e04d210845be5d9581c0e9e338947e8f8 (git) Affected: 310d6c15e9104c99d5d9d0ff8e5383a79da7d5e6 , < 123e4619ab6c8ab1c4cb1d7a58311a2af13929cd (git) Affected: f2bd3184b6aeca6a497394b558337246e09fc02d (git) Affected: 5.15.164 , < 5.15.222 (semver) Affected: 6.1.101 , < 6.1.189 (semver) Affected: 6.6.41 , < 6.6.158 (semver) Affected: 6.9.10 , < 6.10 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.222 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.189 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.158 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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