{"cve":"CVE-2026-97440","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-24T17:17:22.197","modified":"2026-10-03T11:17:55.643","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: qrtr: fix node refcount leak on ctrl packet alloc failure\n\nqrtr_send_resume_tx() calls qrtr_node_lookup() which takes a\nreference on the returned node. If the subsequent call to\nqrtr_alloc_ctrl_packet() fails due to memory allocation failure, the\nfunction returns -ENOMEM without calling qrtr_node_release() to\nrelease the node reference.\n\nAdd qrtr_node_release(node) before returning on the allocation failure\npath to properly release the reference.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b09ff54114566864eea59020f6b69c5bb325b9d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477353db343663d5502ca442c6de785d2f23f273","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78d066ecac9ce50441d4affae0df2093c4c3e62e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d969c98732a4d42212ec580dd5bbad53f246103","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3515740174b778d0ee44acc477b51a6478da6b8"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97440","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06624,"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."]}