Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97952

 

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97952

Published: September 28, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU152526
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97952
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource cleanup in the sunvdc __send_request() function when a non-ENOTCONN descriptor send trigger fails during disk I/O submission. A local user can submit disk I/O requests that encounter trigger failures to cause a denial of service.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2026-97952

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3

External References

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