Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90296
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151193
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-2026-90296
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 denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory leak in the imx6q cpufreq driver when rebinding the driver. A local user can repeatedly rebind the driver to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90296
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f77d1a0a25056146eea1f8619fa06ce287c91f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c23c72c3b21fa3ec3db5070dfc0582794e0ef9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d2c3c9238b9d499e1829a3b8e80c2f73c73b5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493c4d5982f037f288509a1cee352b8b9705fb38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e53a5274276a7b1ca815b9aacebea4fb7efe75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e314b3ecd2594958d4f4999313641290ad28ebe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91f07381e2b70578ff92b83d9422ac31e7b9096
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2d2612e63e294ebcdec7c6f08a1a052b7dfdc59