{"cve":"CVE-2026-53156","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-25T09:16:32.980","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:11.903","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmem: core: fix use-after-free bugs in error paths\n\nFix several instances of error paths in which we call\n__nvmem_device_put() - which may end up freeing the underlying memory\nand other resources - and then keep on using the nvmem structure. Always\nput the reference to the nvmem device as the last step before returning\nthe error code.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e2a459c0dd1333b2343831480a0ad80dc07614","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b6b6fc491899d583eaa75344e094796ae9b530b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cdcf0d16c80900f42d60252480cd131c1a83d23","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb85ef5a227b3662b88f4d849a1aad43bfe7f5ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d38bf47a72da2f02c9fa6f752cd66d977cd7f7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53156","score":0.00125,"percentile":0.02188,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}