Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90432
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151044
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-2026-90432
CWE-ID: CWE-703
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 hard lockup recovery in the sched_ext hardlockup handler when handling a hard lockup on a CPU with interrupts disabled. A local user can trigger a hard lockup that prevents queued irq_work recovery processing from running to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90432
Install security update from vendor's repository.