CVE-2026-90135 json
net: add missing ref_tracker_dir_exit() to alloc_netdev_mqs()
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2026-81728
- 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:
net: add missing ref_tracker_dir_exit() to alloc_netdev_mqs()
sashiko is reporting that trying to read /sys/kernel/debug/ref_tracker/* causes use-afer-free crash when either alloc_percpu() or dev_addr_init() in alloc_netdev_mqs() failed, for commit 4d92b95ff2f9 ("net: add net device refcount tracker infrastructure") added ref_tracker_dir_exit() to only free_netdev() path.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 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-2026-90135
- 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-2026-90135
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- 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-102833
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/b0859020cab4ea6101478141aeec1b052ed80bdd commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45be87c5195f34c0a51598bc91186f600be5c4c9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2775bf36be7872834a7f8c0a0d9681a1a3e1cd4c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe03b5257095e2beef0bc79e1f068fbd09a24c7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/63ab05e8f9654aa100d366c0236399fda6ffaab1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1c2af8a22c35cb099c735c2f63ea3ba757557d 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-2026-90135 updated cvss 4.7
kernel: net: add missing ref_tracker_dir_exit() to alloc_netdev_mqs()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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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-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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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 OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8not 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
0.21% 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/b0859020cab4ea6101478141aeec1b052ed80bdd
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/45be87c5195f34c0a51598bc91186f600be5c4c9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2775bf36be7872834a7f8c0a0d9681a1a3e1cd4c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5fe03b5257095e2beef0bc79e1f068fbd09a24c7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/63ab05e8f9654aa100d366c0236399fda6ffaab1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0b1c2af8a22c35cb099c735c2f63ea3ba757557d
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90135
- NVD CVE-2026-90135
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