# iommu/vt-d: Tear down scalable-mode context on probe failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90241`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90241`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.2 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 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: `301f1a80487fd2f51012533792583d4425e8b8c0 to before 25ac85a9747cd63e1d166ace7b360a2cd9479d9d` (git)
  - affected: `301f1a80487fd2f51012533792583d4425e8b8c0 to before d0e978ced7429b516358bb4d41d337214768ae98` (git)
  - affected: `301f1a80487fd2f51012533792583d4425e8b8c0 to before db5daf25f754cdc20c18525adb88240ece6fdee9` (git)
  - affected: `301f1a80487fd2f51012533792583d4425e8b8c0 to before c509fb73a1093a15accd7d43a61645d4b520f6ac` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.9`
  - unaffected: `before 6.9` (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

## 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-90241](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90241)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90241](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90241)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ac85a9747cd63e1d166ace7b360a2cd9479d9d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0e978ced7429b516358bb4d41d337214768ae98>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5daf25f754cdc20c18525adb88240ece6fdee9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c509fb73a1093a15accd7d43a61645d4b520f6ac>

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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