CVE-2026-93136

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: mhi: ep: Fix device refcount leak in the error path of MHI device creation mhi_ep_create_device() takes one device reference for the UL channel and another for the DL channel after allocating the transfer device. These references are normally released by mhi_ep_destroy_device() before the device itself is removed. If dev_set_name() or device_add() fails, the error path currently drops only one reference. The remaining channel references keep the device from being released and leave the channels associated with a device that was never registered. Route both failures through a common unwind path that drops the DL channel reference, the UL channel reference, and the initial reference from device_initialize().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f3f64faee335eb678fd7dca7b95dfe3d0b271fd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8acc3813ab5015af73eeb74c9032443162f122d1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f12862600bb70e599a614d706a095ea5f8f9858

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5587e7871ce994bb079f97fe7e430d99627e5292

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ddb831a36102fd0ea25f354935e49abce9f0a1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fae8fd4adc7f4765463ddeb1a5fad23936432f6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00215