CVE-2026-90268

scsi: sd: Fix error handling in sd_probe() after large pool creation failure

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:08 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: Fix error handling in sd_probe() after large pool creation failure After device_add(&sdkp->disk_dev) succeeds, sd_large_pool_create() failure must unregister disk_dev and let scsi_disk_release() free sdkp. Going through out_free_index kfree()s an already registered device and leaks the sysfs entry.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.17179e626b76eb42f2529c6f6dd6ba88ea2445372
Vendor states this is fixed in 748a14a0d41cfe3017251c11b314f85045414942 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e3cc6ea1a745e7f5d326f919a428b244fa119d8f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

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