Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90150
Published: September 19, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151342
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90150
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause device resource leaks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource cleanup in the pNFS block layout device parsing and cleanup routines when handling child-device parsing failures. A remote attacker can trigger a child-device parsing failure to cause device resource leaks.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90150
Install security update from vendor's repository.