8.1

CVE-2026-90268: linux

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90268DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90268
Published 17-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-90268 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11893-1

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: Fix error handling in sd_probe() after large pool creation failure After device_add(&sdkp->disk_dev) succeeds, sd_large_pool_create() failure must unregister disk_dev and let scsi_disk_release() free sdkp. Going through out_free_index kfree()s an already registered device and leaks the sysfs entry.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.42% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu102 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 7.2.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 7179e626b76eb42f2529c6f6dd6ba88ea2445372, < 748a14a0d41cfe3017251c11b314f85045414942 | ≥ 7179e626b76eb42f2529c6f6dd6ba88ea2445372, < e3cc6ea1a745e7f5d326f919a428b244fa119d8f | 7.1

3 vendors · 104 products

References

6 links