CVE-2026-23090

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slimbus: core: fix device reference leak on report present Slimbus devices can be allocated dynamically upon reception of report-present messages. Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up already registered devices. Note that this requires taking an extra reference in case the device has not yet been registered and has to be allocated.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1217e40705b2f6d311c197b12866752656217ff

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/948615429c9f2ac9d25d4e1f1a4472926b217a9a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9391380eb91ea5ac792aae9273535c8da5b9aa01

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6602bb4d1338e92b5838e50322b87697bdbd2ee0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54de72a7aabc0749938d7a2833a0c1a5d3ed7ac9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ddc09f6a0a221b1d91a7cbc8cc2cefdbd334fe6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02b78bbfbafe49832e508079148cb87cdfa55825

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-04

Updated: 2026-02-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018