Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98054
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152414
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-2026-98054
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to leak a module reference.
The vulnerability exists due to missing module reference release on error paths in the ASoC Intel AVS strace_open debugfs handler when opening the strace debugfs file. A local user can trigger an error after a module reference is acquired to leak a module reference.
The issue is triggered if the trace FIFO is already initialized or its allocation fails.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-98054
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3