CVE-2026-89944 json
ASoC: hdac_hda: Fix hlink refcount leak on component registration failure
published 2026-09-16 53 d ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2026-80544
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: hdac_hda: Fix hlink refcount leak on component registration failure
hdac_hda_dev_probe() gets the HDA link with snd_hdac_ext_bus_link_get() before registering the ASoC component. If component registration fails, the function returns without dropping the link reference.
Always call snd_hdac_ext_bus_link_put() after the registration attempt so the reference taken during probe is balanced on both success and failure.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89944
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89944
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- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1.150700.17.51.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-101238
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c2625fbdeb17376f76c57b7669e6aa6500a7149 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/60b5824ae259ad15f7878e4e763ec31ba4db55f2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eef9ae3b4ef782557526dd8ba0c206f028d8c2f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ea01a0457080b0cc7c69c430c0ab65d84dc377 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb6b0b1a9d5a61ef841739d42c6211094e9c8e2c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad4892c4f5cb437a928a02f5b7d37d496aa9268 commit
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-2026-89944 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: ASoC: hdac_hda: Fix hlink refcount leak on component registration failure
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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 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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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 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1c2625fbdeb17376f76c57b7669e6aa6500a7149
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/60b5824ae259ad15f7878e4e763ec31ba4db55f2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7eef9ae3b4ef782557526dd8ba0c206f028d8c2f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e8ea01a0457080b0cc7c69c430c0ab65d84dc377
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/cb6b0b1a9d5a61ef841739d42c6211094e9c8e2c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6ad4892c4f5cb437a928a02f5b7d37d496aa9268
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-89944
- NVD CVE-2026-89944
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