Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90337

 

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90337

Published: September 18, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU151142
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-2026-90337
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free in serial_core_add_one_port() when allocation fails during serial port binding. A local user can trigger a serial port bind that encounters an allocation failure to cause a denial of service.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2026-90337

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3

External References

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