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medium 5.5

CVE-2026-23170 json

drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak

published 2026-02-14 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-5869

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak

Make sure to drop the reference taken to the DDC device during probe on probe failure (e.g. probe deferral) and on driver unbind.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.249, 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.123, 6.12.69, 6.18.9, 6.19
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.162-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.69-1
  • linux Debian 14 6.18.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23170

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-176.186
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-117.117
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1105.112
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1055.58
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1105.114
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1058.61
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1101.107
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1054.60

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23170

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-23170 updated

kernel: drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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References

Sources

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