Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90361

Vulnerability identifier: #VU151119

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90361

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper memory cleanup in ath11k_service_ready_ext_event() when parsing service-ready extension TLVs. A local user can cause parsing to fail after mac_phy_caps has been allocated to cause a denial of service.

Linux kernel
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)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

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

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0293be2212d319d59589082461abf2a9b626cd1c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/047a817147806140cdef5fa25d69d7b7a24f905c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10ccd92825504c029390874c6fb84c62d9f263f9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1296cae53052881ddd571a9d4f467a16ebfb7f14
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35cb3086b426b3468cfc32d0d8d9883409705ea9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dbf0bc50cf3ddd039becd875691bb7f484fa004
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/854eb9053a793b73c4e8082e1923735a80c77bcd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5bb3471c9f46c6cabc06a152c13fc518330913e

• Memory leak in Linux kernel ath ath11k 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