Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90224
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151266
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-2026-90224
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger a use-after-free condition.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in nci_data_exchange_complete when concurrently closing an NCI device and processing received data. A local user can race device closure with received-data processing to trigger a use-after-free condition.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90224
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f075832734005310740d148d1cf1c1e792ebdca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588ccd19a6e69eca72d54608c3ab3b45709b2305
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8265a626cc14a48e46e6dc8c47667e72b4232ac2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9030a1bbe2c6b1e3e54cef462d159b5248f09fd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba4c776af3dc21ed04e315e6545e99703bb1b53a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfdf412208fea7fc0d5b32d68a35b25261917393
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf646a9f5554bc07d6ccb59c327812b3a0c6a368
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee08414d78b851e3d1856d6e4d631939b01a1bbe