Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23137

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Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23137

Published: February 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU122862
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23137
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the attach_node_and_children() and unittest_data_add() functions in drivers/of/unittest.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-vmware (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Debian package)
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-23137

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1068.72
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.82
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.81
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.74
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.70
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.71
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1064.65
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149.1~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.78~22.04.1
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.82~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.74~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.71~22.04.1
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1053.57
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1068.77
linux-vmware (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-ibm-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.70~22.04.1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.81~22.04.1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.74+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.81+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.82+fips1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2056.58
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1064.65~22.04.1
linux-gcp-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1030.30
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1031.31
linux-realtime-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1

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