CVE-2026-90135: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: add missing ref_tracker_dir_exit() to alloc_netdev_mqs() sashiko is reporting that trying to read /sys/kernel/debug/ref_tracker/* causes use-afer-free crash when either alloc_percpu() or dev_addr_init() in alloc_netdev_mqs() failed, for commit 4d92b95ff2f9 ("net: add net device refcount tracker infrastructure") added ref_tracker_dir_exit() to only free_netdev() path.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.17, before 6.12.110 (fixed in 6.12.110); from 6.13, before 6.18.52 (fixed in 6.18.52); from 6.19, before 7.2.6 (fixed in 7.2.6)

Published 2026-09-17. Last modified 2026-09-17.