CVE-2026-23091 (GCVE-0-2026-23091)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-04 16:08
Modified
2026-02-09 08:38
Severity ?
Summary
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().
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Linux Linux Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
Version: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561
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