{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6e84200c0a2994b991259d19450eee561029bf70"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "be072a5d5e35f4bdf2da22f600b5d6dc6c5ff491"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b1e740b9156621afd4c4aa66257f4dde8df1febe"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "e57140944b5a47a7fd5a142faab29a02af040bc8"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.52"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93196.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime\n\nKASAN reports slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common():\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810fdcb710 by task swapper/0/0\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted\n6.19.0-next-20260220-00006-g1eae5f204ec3 #4 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux\n1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x6d/0xb0\n print_report+0x170/0x4e2\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0x1dc/0x380\n kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0\n ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n __wake_up+0x36/0x60\n virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x11d/0x3b0\n ? sched_balance_domains+0x29f/0xb00\n ? __pfx_virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x10/0x10\n ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x98/0x100\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n vring_interrupt+0x1c9/0x5e0\n ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10\n vp_vring_interrupt+0x87/0x100\n ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x17f/0x550\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n handle_irq_event+0xab/0x1c0\n handle_fasteoi_irq+0x276/0xae0\n __common_interrupt+0x65/0x130\n common_interrupt+0x78/0xa0\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n\nvirtio_pmem_host_ack() wakes a request that has already been freed by the\nsubmitter.\n\nThis happens when the request token is still reachable via the virtqueue,\nbut virtio_pmem_flush() returns and frees it.\n\nFix the token lifetime by refcounting struct virtio_pmem_request.\nvirtio_pmem_flush() holds a submitter reference, and the virtqueue holds an\nextra reference once the request is queued. The completion path drops the\nvirtqueue reference, and the submitter drops its reference before\nreturning.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-93196",
  "modified": "2026-09-19T03:30:54.068803101Z",
  "published": "2026-09-17T16:12:19.125Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1e740b9156621afd4c4aa66257f4dde8df1febe"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be072a5d5e35f4bdf2da22f600b5d6dc6c5ff491"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e57140944b5a47a7fd5a142faab29a02af040bc8"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93196.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93196"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "nvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime"
}