Improper resource shutdown or release in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93130
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150882
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93130
CWE-ID: CWE-404
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to cause a resource leak.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource shutdown or release in the dell-wmi-base module initialization routine when module initialization fails. A local privileged user can trigger a module load failure to cause a resource leak.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93130
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/072841e02cf9c00a7e8a9c567a14239e02ca47ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4877e20c64be0abfbf22c094b2bac386a87d6d07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b24e1c338f5d0258262d95c5c8af2e0f18ca49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6836048b7057cf3493cdd13e1e11533d71a4281e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ff6af62f042bb34ac9d2b650c6c043082c5bbda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b615d27308f7b426f352f79f5215735773edc8a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f59cd5007055cc0cdac1621d1cecff2d295ff8d0