# nvme-fc: fix double free of fabrics options when nvme_add_ctrl() fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-89974`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-89974`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **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.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `1a9e218195a55d0a31e8cbe263aa2f618580ef1d to before 8bd14aa065112b4d523bea690027c7527a6224f6` (git)
  - affected: `1a9e218195a55d0a31e8cbe263aa2f618580ef1d to before 7df913a7ced5d7349f0b23bdcf25ad54fe83a1c1` (git)
  - affected: `1a9e218195a55d0a31e8cbe263aa2f618580ef1d to before 5f89d68c00ccd1b25151da0bf660012380c2bad9` (git)
  - affected: `1a9e218195a55d0a31e8cbe263aa2f618580ef1d to before 56e6279266f6962bb2d38a54397e3c605165b0c5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.11`
  - unaffected: `before 6.11` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0029, the 21st 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-2026-89974](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89974)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-89974](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89974)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bd14aa065112b4d523bea690027c7527a6224f6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7df913a7ced5d7349f0b23bdcf25ad54fe83a1c1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f89d68c00ccd1b25151da0bf660012380c2bad9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e6279266f6962bb2d38a54397e3c605165b0c5>

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.

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