Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90412

Vulnerability identifier: #VU151064

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90412

CWE-ID: CWE-754

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a command to be incorrectly reported as successful.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of exceptional conditions in nvmet_execute_get_log_page_rmi() when allocating a log buffer for an RMI log page request. A remote user can send an RMI log page request during a log buffer allocation failure to cause a command to be incorrectly reported as successful.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581d8bb556dd3e5567bcf322aa5e3e4b6a200c08
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e136150ac55df4b7ea36e6110ffa39d08905f37

• Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel nvme target driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more