Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90411
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a DMA mapping resource leak.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource cleanup in __nvme_fc_init_request() when handling a response IU DMA mapping failure. A local user can trigger request initialization with a response IU DMA mapping failure to cause a DMA mapping resource leak.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90411
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
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
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18c5781ed8bc2f423c26ec93e47e2057cd76a783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e820d04c241c81a47e1940349018690e93d8167
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acc173608ca7abe5dee8983086b44efd8b0dbc84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0251991420c25e3ceeac40ea09250d79ed7ef0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd764baf82bb46e958a0bd0b481630dd71313055
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be5eb47ee3fea338efae1a5b678d6bb5f0fcc931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0892cfb60a75e2c86ba8e2127b133f6549c12b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f49d0c3a8d56a7cda1628ae17341a4a42063563c
Related Security Bulletins
- Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel nvme host driver
- Debian update for linux
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-fde
- Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
- Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15 and more