CVE-2026-23091 (GCVE-0-2026-23091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 16:08 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:59
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Title
intel_th: fix device leak on output open()
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 Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < af4b9467296b9a16ebc008147238070236982b6d (git)
Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < 64015cbf06e8bb75b81ae95b997e847b55280f7f (git)
Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < b71e64ef7ff9443835d1333e3e80ab1e49e5209f (git)
Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < bf7785434b5d05d940d936b78925080950bd54dd (git)
Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < 0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c (git)
Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < f9b059bda4276f2bb72cb98ec7875a747f042ea2 (git)
Affected: 39f4034693b7c7bd1fe4cb58c93259d600f55561 , < 95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.249 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.199 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.162 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.122 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.68 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.8 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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