CVE-2026-23021 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 31
Latest updateApr 13
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()
When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb()
fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux323b34963d113efb566635f43858f40cce01d5f9 — 5397ea6d21c35a17707e201a60761bdee00bcc4e+7
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
10OSV▶
linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-17