CVE-2026-90135

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: add missing ref_tracker_dir_exit() to alloc_netdev_mqs() sashiko is reporting that trying to read /sys/kernel/debug/ref_tracker/* causes use-afer-free crash when either alloc_percpu() or dev_addr_init() in alloc_netdev_mqs() failed, for commit 4d92b95ff2f9 ("net: add net device refcount tracker infrastructure") added ref_tracker_dir_exit() to only free_netdev() path.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63ab05e8f9654aa100d366c0236399fda6ffaab1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe03b5257095e2beef0bc79e1f068fbd09a24c7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2775bf36be7872834a7f8c0a0d9681a1a3e1cd4c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1c2af8a22c35cb099c735c2f63ea3ba757557d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002