SB20260918337 - Memory leak in Linux kernel hid driver

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90330)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a resource leak.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource cleanup in hidpp_ff_init() when initializing a force-feedback device. A local user can trigger force-feedback device initialization to cause a resource leak.

The issue occurs when allocation of the HID++ force-feedback private data, effect ID array, or workqueue fails after the force-feedback device is created.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13378c9ac0a1bcdf49ba158e4199594aafb589cd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd5be4d9ce2dfc4d4a4527ef7d31d21a78e3cdac