CVE-2026-90402 (GCVE-0-2026-90402)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:09
Modified
2026-10-19 09:03
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: mhi: host: Fix controller cleanup on EDL sysfs failure mhi_register_controller() adds the controller device before creating the optional trigger_edl sysfs file. If sysfs_create_file() fails, the error path only drops the device reference and leaves the device registered. Hence, call device_del() in the error path before put_device().
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Linux Linux Version: 17553ba8e19dee8770b3dcc597d49dcc3418f3b0
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Version: 17553ba8e19dee8770b3dcc597d49dcc3418f3b0
Version: 17553ba8e19dee8770b3dcc597d49dcc3418f3b0
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