CVE-2026-23091

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: intel_th: fix device leak on output open() Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the th device during output device open() on errors and on close(). Note that a recent commit fixed the leak in a couple of open() error paths but not all of them, and the reference is still leaking on successful open().

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-401

Published

2026-02-04

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64015cbf06e8bb75b81ae95b997e847b55280f7f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4b9467296b9a16ebc008147238070236982b6d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b71e64ef7ff9443835d1333e3e80ab1e49e5209f

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