CVE-2026-23091

low

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: intel_th: fix device leak on output open() Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the th device during output device open() on errors and on close(). Note that a recent commit fixed the leak in a couple of open() error paths but not all of them, and the reference is still leaking on successful open().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9b059bda4276f2bb72cb98ec7875a747f042ea2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7785434b5d05d940d936b78925080950bd54dd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-04

Updated: 2026-02-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018