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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceSep 11, 2026 · 20:20via CVEFeed

CVE-2026-89763 - KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering

Brief

CVE ID : CVE-2026-89763

Published : Sept. 11, 2026, 8:20 p. m.

  • 32 minutes ago

Description : In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering

trusted_tpm_exit() drops the TPM chip reference and frees the digest array before unregistering the trusted key type. key_type_lookup() holds key_types_sem for reading until the key operation finishes, while unregister_key_type() takes it for writing. It therefore provides the synchronization point that must precede backend teardown.

The current order permits this interleaving:

CPU 0 CPU 1

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