Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
slimbus: core: fix device reference leak on report present
CVE-2026-23090
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.16
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/02b78bbfbafe49832e508079148cb87cdfa55825mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ddc09f6a0a221b1d91a7cbc8cc2cefdbd334fe6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/54de72a7aabc0749938d7a2833a0c1a5d3ed7ac9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6602bb4d1338e92b5838e50322b87697bdbd2ee0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9391380eb91ea5ac792aae9273535c8da5b9aa01mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/948615429c9f2ac9d25d4e1f1a4472926b217a9amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1217e40705b2f6d311c197b12866752656217ffmitre
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