CVE-2026-90283 json
hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-81876
- 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 13%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure
hugetlbfs_fill_super() allocates a hugepage subpool when size or min_size mount options are specified. hugepage_new_subpool() may also reserve huge pages for min_size.
If root dentry creation fails after the subpool is created, the failure path frees the subpool with kfree(). This bypasses hugepage_put_subpool() and can leave min_size reservations charged.
Use hugepage_put_subpool() on the failure path, matching the normal put_super path.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- 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-2026-90283
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90283
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-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1
- kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1
- kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4940-1SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1SUSE-SU-2026:24473-1SUSE-SU-2026:24553-1SUSE-SU-2026:24422-1SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-102600
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/f2d6cea221d777fab3ba18f805ba4c17c90e0b8b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/91c4f3a87862fd86594d5945512decbfa0b1d13d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/04f0354a4abf6793aa5b3f32e2b019ab206f344d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7fc7a1ce2a5f2cd8ed80a883157c7108074e0b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8be4ee81e73fcc52e58f47842d9a2277cfeaaa commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe848cadfde4179a0691da34f4bed36ff7185b5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2bd517ac0bce4ec7498644bd16b6db502df8e2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/308ab73e97c87bd0e142b11758faab7f88d82854 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-2026-90283 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure
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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 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”
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
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f2d6cea221d777fab3ba18f805ba4c17c90e0b8b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/91c4f3a87862fd86594d5945512decbfa0b1d13d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/04f0354a4abf6793aa5b3f32e2b019ab206f344d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5b7fc7a1ce2a5f2cd8ed80a883157c7108074e0b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1d8be4ee81e73fcc52e58f47842d9a2277cfeaaa
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/dfe848cadfde4179a0691da34f4bed36ff7185b5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/dc2bd517ac0bce4ec7498644bd16b6db502df8e2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/308ab73e97c87bd0e142b11758faab7f88d82854
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90283
- NVD CVE-2026-90283
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