Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90138

Vulnerability identifier: #VU151346

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-2026-90138

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a resource leak.

The vulnerability exists due to improper socket error handling in vsock_accept() when accepting a connection after a failed connection attempt on the listener. A remote attacker can perform a failed self-connect and then accept a valid incoming vsock connection to cause a resource leak.

The leak affects virtio and hyperv transports because rejected child sockets are not freed.

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 Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_339-default
kernel-default-kgraft
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
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_339-default - update to 1-8.3.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e5fa009f98a4edbe1783ac11c0df672b224742
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/491b368a0c6e5f28b615a50b0d384f5c25fde2a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c899cf5e7be29840a172c183dedd8d3e7a0287
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a75d37c21e558cc6fad1597e732ead30745eed

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