Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2026· Updated Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-93059
CVE-2026-93059
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm: Fix task_struct reference leak in recover_worker
get_pid_task() increments the task reference count, but the corresponding put_task_struct() was missing in the else branch, leaking a reference on every GPU hang recovery.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/730662/
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
< 7.2.8-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.8-1.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.17.0, < 6.18.52
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