CVE-2026-90213 json
firewire: core: fix memory leak in error path of build_tree()
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-81806
- 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 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firewire: core: fix memory leak in error path of build_tree()
In the error path of build_tree(), node instances can remain in the local linked list when the function returns.
Whenever an invalid value is detected in the self ID sequence, each allocated node instance is either an entry in the linked list or an entry in the ports array of its parent node. Therefore, the allocate node instances can be safely released by traversing the linked list from its head.
Release the remaining node instances with for_each_fw_node() before returning to the caller.
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-2026-90213
- 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-2026-90213
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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-102359
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/026b44ad1037a89da04e9985246376c7adb52be6 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45c534c5bf43a094805a79510d1ea3ca261ea042 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/848eaef4d30b385eb074214b7fa58287506158ad commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6037e42aa4dd29bb9d9f67ef438128c5bfe3448 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a990e74d4e848f32eda91d69e4f885604fc326d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/05bfb1327dc5fb61528bab31cd8f0c1e4bddec23 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-2026-90213 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: firewire: core: fix memory leak in error path of build_tree()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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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-8affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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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-9not 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 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/026b44ad1037a89da04e9985246376c7adb52be6
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/45c534c5bf43a094805a79510d1ea3ca261ea042
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/848eaef4d30b385eb074214b7fa58287506158ad
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d6037e42aa4dd29bb9d9f67ef438128c5bfe3448
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6a990e74d4e848f32eda91d69e4f885604fc326d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/05bfb1327dc5fb61528bab31cd8f0c1e4bddec23
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90213
- NVD CVE-2026-90213
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