Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90151

 

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90151

Published: September 19, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU151326
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90151
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger a use-after-free.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the NFSv4 callback identifier IDR when an NFSv4.0 callback lookup occurs after a client allocation failure. A remote attacker can trigger an NFSv4.0 callback lookup using the stale callback identifier to trigger a use-after-free.

Exploitation requires an NFSv4.0 client allocation to fail after a callback identifier has been allocated.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Ubuntu
openEuler
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-syms
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-debugsource
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-docs
kernel-zfcpdump
linux (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-90151

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-202.212, 7.0.0-42.42
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.116
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1119.126, 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1120.130, 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1116.122, 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1115.121
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212+fips1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.115
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1118.127
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1102.110
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1113.117, 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1
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-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.115
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1
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
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default - update to 1-8.3.3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
perf - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-340.0.0.241
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

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