Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53190
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135596
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53190
CWE-ID: CWE-772
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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a reference count leak in virtio_gpu_dma_fence_wait() when handling fence wait errors inside dma_fence_unwrap_for_each(). A local user can trigger an error during fence waiting to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53190
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f26bb732cc136ab20176697c92f32c9c84cb125
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73524e9f96a278b521f257a78a845c49eb522bc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8348567a6afb24e2c9cafe8a321162d0eebe1411
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/898bd0ccfed71651b881660c5d20ad73b5203174
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0fffc874c264292e769f26194a2a5e66ce31810