Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-23087
CVE-2026-23087
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: xen: scsiback: Fix potential memory leak in scsiback_remove()
Memory allocated for struct vscsiblk_info in scsiback_probe() is not freed in scsiback_remove() leading to potential memory leaks on remove, as well as in the scsiback_probe() error paths. Fix that by freeing it in scsiback_remove().
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.18,<5.10.249
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 3.18
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c441f0e24da175d7912095663f526ac480dc4fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32e52b56056daf0f0881fd9254706acf25b4be97nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/427b0fb30ddec3bad05dcd73b00718f98c7026d2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a975c72429b050c234405668b742cdecc11548envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/901a5f309daba412e2a30364d7ec1492fa11c32cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8bb3ec8d85951a56af0a72d93ccbc2aee42eef9nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86264ec0e2b102fcd49bf3e4f32fee669d482fcnvdPatch
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.htmlnvd
News mentions
1- Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFPCISA ICS Advisories