Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90330
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151150
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90330
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a resource leak.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource cleanup in hidpp_ff_init() when initializing a force-feedback device. A local user can trigger force-feedback device initialization to cause a resource leak.
The issue occurs when allocation of the HID++ force-feedback private data, effect ID array, or workqueue fails after the force-feedback device is created.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90330
Install security update from vendor's repository.