Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23182
Published: February 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122846
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23182
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the tegra_slink_probe() function in drivers/spi/spi-tegra20-slink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-23182
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/075415ae18b5b3e4d0187962d538653154216fe7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/126a09f4fcd2b895a818ca43fde078d907c1ac9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327b71326cc1834bc031e8f52a470a18dfd9caa6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41d9a6795b95d6ea28439ac1e9ce8c95bbca20fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a04dc650cef8d52a1ccb4ae245dbe318ffff32e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8eec12aa666c11f8a6ad1488c568f85c58875fa