5.5

CVE-2026-23022: idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vc_core_deinit()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23022DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23022
Published 31-01-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-23022 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1USN-8570-1USN-8570-2

Timeline

  1. 31-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vc_core_deinit() Make sure to free hw->lan_regs. Reported by kmemleak during reset: unreferenced object 0xff1b913d02a936c0 (size 96): comm "kworker/u258:14", pid 2174, jiffies 4294958305 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 c0 a8 ba 2d ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......-......... 00 00 40 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 b3 a8 ba 2d ff ..@.......%...-. backtrace (crc 36063c4f): __kmalloc_noprof+0x48f/0x890 idpf_vc_core_init+0x6ce/0x9b0 [idpf] idpf_vc_event_task+0x1fb/0x350 [idpf] process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0 worker_thread+0x19e/0x340 kthread+0x10f/0x250 ret_from_fork+0x251/0x2b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.15% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu100 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6aa53e861c1a0c042690c9b7c5c153088ae61079, < 23391db8a00c23854915b8b72ec1aa10080aa540 | ≥ 6aa53e861c1a0c042690c9b7c5c153088ae61079, < e111cbc4adf9f9974eed040aeece7e17460f6bff | 6.17
  • linux_kernelEOL≥ 6.17.1, < 6.18.6 | 6.17 | 6.19:rc1 | 6.19:rc2 | 6.19:rc3 | 6.19:rc4 | 6.19:rc5 | 6.19:rc6 | 6.19:rc7 | 6.19:rc8
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.18.8-1

3 vendors · 103 products

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