Incomplete cleanup in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90364

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Incomplete cleanup in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90364

Published: September 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU152201
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90364
CWE-ID: CWE-459
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to leave a cpufreq policy notifier registered after ACPI processor driver initialization fails.

The vulnerability exists due to incomplete cleanup in acpi_processor_driver_init() when ACPI processor driver initialization fails after registering the cpufreq policy notifier. A local privileged user can trigger an initialization failure to leave a cpufreq policy notifier registered.


Affected software

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)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-90364

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
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

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