# nvmet-auth: Synchronize timeout work during SQ teardown

CVE record · `CVE-2026-89970`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-89970`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 16 Sept 2026, 10:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `1a70200f404ae210b4f0334e3936e84f8edb6bc8 to before 664022fa1c93f4eba09ef5ee02411b9709dd7a93` (git)
  - affected: `1a70200f404ae210b4f0334e3936e84f8edb6bc8 to before c3c126a6142a1335bc8c34a5607c39cf01daf295` (git)
  - affected: `1a70200f404ae210b4f0334e3936e84f8edb6bc8 to before c17c87bde6d6f5252a6a6f0a94b2430164aa28d5` (git)
  - affected: `1a70200f404ae210b4f0334e3936e84f8edb6bc8 to before 7555ddd60af72df2862dd8f9b730a9848577edda` (git)
  - affected: `1a70200f404ae210b4f0334e3936e84f8edb6bc8 to before eb4f9127a2b8a152743f1ee597627e2f69cb54fe` (git)
  - affected: `1a70200f404ae210b4f0334e3936e84f8edb6bc8 to before eaa948c0e19b1bb2d93262207bca0c3d19cc3406` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.0`
  - unaffected: `before 6.0` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.51 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.5 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0080, the 57th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-89970](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89970)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-89970](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89970)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664022fa1c93f4eba09ef5ee02411b9709dd7a93>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3c126a6142a1335bc8c34a5607c39cf01daf295>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c17c87bde6d6f5252a6a6f0a94b2430164aa28d5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7555ddd60af72df2862dd8f9b730a9848577edda>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb4f9127a2b8a152743f1ee597627e2f69cb54fe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa948c0e19b1bb2d93262207bca0c3d19cc3406>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-89970>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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