Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90119

Vulnerability identifier: #VU151358

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90119

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to cause resource leaks.

The vulnerability exists due to missing cleanup in snd_ice1712_probe() when a later initialization step fails. A local privileged user can trigger a probe failure to cause resource leaks.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
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
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24b399f51812d727dc25d7814c4d7e0cca38201e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15782627b6562f7b6d628f4699316f26340f835
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c7c7b6cfae73c46e4544a9ef08ff89231a670d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d736eba9c453fedce664fdf592c8b71ecff1932b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ac49391a1562dc784fc91e810e696284cb647e

• Memory leak in Linux kernel pci ice1712
• Debian update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more