Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93103
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150909
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93103
CWE-ID: CWE-754
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of an allocation failure in hfi1_free_devdata() when allocating a unit ID for an HFI1 device. A local user can cause unit ID allocation to fail to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs when cleanup runs before the device has been inserted into the unit table.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93103
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0feb29d434e6cc0ebefec4f77be014c85ad751b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e3809ad8911f5d5581b3f046bd628417bface76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d0e5252b8d0345ef494763ca31e3ddd666e02cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f1e196eb66b8cd3882e373794d6cea46f150a20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4204f5c0312ba136181a6e148ffa0bfaf95a4cc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff9d58d34758e9633078b37e8d5289b513ff80e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852637d3ee56aed8ea3ee8948eda21eca406c051
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4d3ad5f244a867166d1e2da7ece3d82878ec81