# nvme-apple: Destroy the admin queue on removal

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90229`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90229`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.4 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:07 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: `5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 to before 97cb6867c9f6de75905b361abfeba136a3d3d120` (git)
  - affected: `5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 to before 5f6f4777b7a8676251139dbfbcdec3cb578f0e40` (git)
  - affected: `5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 to before bf51e306e3dcffd1a63ef09a7a39d28f3578dd2d` (git)
  - affected: `5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 to before 215d1682f0bae495f3f9cf692b358116b7a18602` (git)
  - affected: `5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 to before c11685ee4eedc70f738b117a4a8c0fbe84cd79b3` (git)
  - affected: `5bd2927aceba181b84286e00aa2f56e117e699c3 to before 87d5b9864c8118d26f54de4b66d2bddf2c659272` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.19`
  - unaffected: `before 5.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel nvme-apple driver is affected from 5.19 until the fixed stable releases 6.1.191, 6.6.157, 6.12.110 and 6.18.52. A crash (kernel oops) can occur when an Apple NVMe controller fails to come up and is then torn down immediately. The source gives few details on what access an attacker would need. Upgrade to a fixed release listed above.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 13 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 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90229](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90229)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90229](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90229)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97cb6867c9f6de75905b361abfeba136a3d3d120>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f6f4777b7a8676251139dbfbcdec3cb578f0e40>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf51e306e3dcffd1a63ef09a7a39d28f3578dd2d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/215d1682f0bae495f3f9cf692b358116b7a18602>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c11685ee4eedc70f738b117a4a8c0fbe84cd79b3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87d5b9864c8118d26f54de4b66d2bddf2c659272>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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