- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.15%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 96% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < af4b9467296b9a16ebc008147238070236982b6d
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < 64015cbf06e8bb75b81ae95b997e847b55280f7f
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < b71e64ef7ff9443835d1333e3e80ab1e49e5209f
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < bf7785434b5d05d940d936b78925080950bd54dd
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < 0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < f9b059bda4276f2bb72cb98ec7875a747f042ea2
- affected 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 – < 95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3
- affected 4.4
- unaffected < 4.4
- unaffected 5.10.249 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.199 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.162 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.122 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.68 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.8 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19 – ≤ *
References
References7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4b9467296b9a16ebc008147238070236982b6d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64015cbf06e8bb75b81ae95b997e847b55280f7f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b71e64ef7ff9443835d1333e3e80ab1e49e5209f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7785434b5d05d940d936b78925080950bd54dd (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9b059bda4276f2bb72cb98ec7875a747f042ea2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-5451 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-23091)Record last updated .